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Word-formation. History, theories, units and processes / edited by Peter O. Müller, Susan Olsen and Franz Rainer
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Word formation.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi 470 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
- Other Title:
- History, theories, units and processes
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2025]
- Language Note:
- In English
- Summary:
- "This reader is part of a five-volume-edition and comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation. Volume 1 focuses on the historical and theoretical foundations of the field. The diachronic origins are presented that give rise to different theoretical perspectives while converging on the basic units that characterize the organization of lexical knowledge and the processes involved in the formation of new words"-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- The scope of word-formation research / Hans-Jörg Schmid
- Word-formation research from its beginnings to the 19th century / Barbara Kaltz and Odile Leclercq
- Word-formation in historical-comparative grammar / Thomas Lindner
- Word-formation in structuralism / Wolfgang Motsch
- Word-formation in generative grammar / Rochelle Lieber
- Word-formation in construction grammar / Geert Booij
- Word-formation in psycholinguistics and neurocognitive research / Gary Libben
- The delimitation of derivation and inflection / Pavol Štekauer
- Units of word-formation / Joachim Mugdan
- Derivation / Andrew Spencer
- Conversion / Salvador Valera
- Backformation / Pavol Štekauer
- Clipping / Anja Steinhauer
- Composition / Susan Olsen
- Blending / Bernard Fradin
- Particle-verb formation / Andrew McIntyre
- Multi-word expressions / Matthias Hüning and Barbara Schlücker
- Reduplication / Thomas Schwaiger
- Word-creation / Elke Ronneberger-Sibold
- Allomorphy / Wolfgang U. Dressler
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (DeGruyter, viewed August 20, 2025)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Word-formation. History, theories, units and processes.
- ISBN:
- 9783111420608
- 3111420604
- 9783111420561
- 3111420566
- OCLC:
- 1524994872
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000239561
- CIPO000239560
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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