English Complex Words : Exercises in Construction and Translation / Piotr Twardzisz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Twardzisz, Piotr, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Word formation.

English language.

English language--Suffixes and prefixes.

English language--Compound words.

Complexity (Linguistics).

Word (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2023]

Summary:

English Complex Words is a lively, essential companion for multilingual explorations of word-formation processes, both in English and across 40 other languages. It offers today's broadest available coverage of English prefixation, suffixation and compounding.

Contents:

Intro

List of abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter I. Prefixation

a-

Construction

Translation

Key

anti-

arch-

circum-

co-

counter-

de-

dis-

down-

en-/em-

ex-

extra-

fore-

hyper-

in- (il-/im-/ir-)

inter-

intra-

mal-

mega-

micro-

mid-

mini-

mis-

multi-

neo-

non-

out-

over-

pan-

Construction.

Translation

post-

pre-

pro-

pseudo-

re-

semi-

sub-

super-

supra-

trans-

ultra-

un-

under-

up-

Chapter II. Suffixation

-able/-ible

-acy

-age

-al/-arj (adjectival)

-al (nominal)

-an

-ance/-ence

-ancy/-ency

-ant

-arian

-ary

-ate (verbal)

-ate (adjectival/nominal)

Translataion

-ation

-dom

Translation.

ed

-ee

-en

-er/-or

-ery

-ess

-ette

-free

-ful (adjectival)

-ful (nominal)

-hood

-ic(al)

-ician

-ie/-y

-ify

-ish

-ism

-ist

-ite

-ity

-ive

-ize/-ise

-less

-like

-ly

-ment

-monger

-ness

-ory

Adjectives

Nouns

-ous

-ship

Introduction.

Construction

-some

-ster

-th

-ward(s)

-wise

-worthy

-y

Chapter III. Compounding

Noun-noun compounds

Noun-verb-ed/-en compounds

Noun-verb-ing compounds

Noun-verb-er compounds

…-…-er compounds

Adjective-verb-ed/-en compounds

Adjective/adverb-verb-ing compounds

Adverb-verb-ed/-en compounds

Quantifier-verb-ed/-en compounds

Noun-verb compounds

Phrase-/clause-/sentence-like compounds

Blends

Reduplicative compounds

Reduplicative compounds with consonant alternation

Reduplicative compounds with vowel alternation

Glossary of terms and concepts

References

Linguistic references

Sources of data.

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Other Format:

Print version: Twardzisz, Piotr English Complex Words

ISBN:

9789027249708

9027249709

OCLC:

1381710634