Word-formation in English

Titel: Word-formation in English / Ingo Plag
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Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ˜[u.a.]œ : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003
Umfang: XIII, 240 S.
Format: E-Book
Sprache: Englisch
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Cambridge textbooks in linguistics
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Vorliegende Ausgabe: Online-Ausg.: 2005. - Online-Ressource.
ISBN: 0511078439 (Sekundärausgabe) ; 9780511078439 (Sekundärausgabe)

Providing an accessible introduction to the study of word-formation, this text focuses specifically on English. Assuming no prior linguistic knowledge, Ingo Plag explains the fundamentals of word-formation, demonstrating how morphemes--the elements of a word's internal structure--can function to relate words to other words, and to create new words. Students are encouraged to undertake their own morphological analysis of English words, and are introduced to the methodological tools for obtaining and analyzing relevant data.