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Word-formation. Language contact and diachrony / edited by Peter O. Müller, Susan Olsen and Franz Rainer
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Mouton reader
- Handbooks to word-formation 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Word formation.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Languages in contact.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- Language contact and diachron
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2025]
- 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 4 studies the mechanisms of diachronic change based on in-depth studies of different languages. The influence of diachronic change on the productivity patterns is addressed as well as the role of language contact"-- De Gruyter Brill
- Contents:
- Types of foreign word-formation / Wieland Eins
- Foreign word-formation, language planning and purism / Wolfgang Pöckl
- Word-formation in Neo-Latin / Thomas Lindner and Franz Rainer
- Foreign word-formation in German / Peter O. Müller
- Foreign word-formation in English / Klaus Dietz
- Foreign word-formation in Italian / Claudio Iacobini
- Foreign word-formation in Polish / Krystyna Waszakowa
- Word-formation and purism in German / Mechthild Habermann
- Word-formation and purism in French / Petra Braselmann
- Mechanisms and motives of change in word-formation / Franz Rainer
- Change in productivity / Carmen Scherer
- Grammaticalization in German word-formation / Mechthild Habermann
- Grammaticalization in Slavic word-formation / Krystyna Kleszczowa
- The origin of suffixes in Romance / David Pharies
- Historical word-formation in German / Peter O. Müller
- Historical word-formation in English / Klaus Dietz
- From Latin to Romance / Éva Buchi and Jean-Paul Chauveau
- From Latin to Romanian / Marina Radulescu Sala
- From Old French to Modern French / Franz Rainer and Claude Buridant
- From Old Irish to Modern Irish / David Stifter
- Historical word-formation in Slavic / Swetlana Mengel
- From Ancient Greek to Modern Greek / Io Manolessou amd Angela Ralli
- The history of word-formation in Uralic / Tamás Forgács
- From Old Hungarian to Modern Hungarian / Tamás Forgács
- Historical word-formation in Turkish / Claus Schönig
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed June 17, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Word-formation
- ISBN:
- 9783111420530
- 3111420531
- 9783111420875
- 3111420876
- OCLC:
- 1535645232
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000266833
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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