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English compounds and their spelling / Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sanchez-Stockhammer, Christina, author.
- Series:
- Studies in English language
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Compound words.
- English language.
- English language--Orthography and spelling.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "In view of the large amount of lexicological research in present-day English linguistics, surprisingly few studies are devoted to the spelling of English compounds"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Delimitating the compound concept
- The normative background
- Material and method
- Potential determinants of English compound spelling
- Compound spelling heuristics
- Modelling English compound spelling.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781107197848
- 1107197848
- OCLC:
- 1012708241
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