Word Formation In English

Author : Ingo Plag
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521525632

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Word-Formation in English by Ingo Plag Pdf

This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the study of word-formation, that is, the ways in which new words are built on the bases of other words (e.g. happy - happy-ness), focusing on English. The book's didactic aim is to enable students with little or no prior linguistic knowledge to do their own practical analyses of complex words. Readers are familiarized with the necessary methodological tools to obtain and analyze relevant data and are shown how to relate their findings to theoretical problems and debates. The book is not written in the perspective of a particular theoretical framework and draws on insights from various research traditions, reflecting important methodological and theoretical developments in the field. It is a textbook directed towards university students of English at all levels. It can also serve as a source book for teachers and advanced students, and as an up-to-date reference concerning many word-formation processes in English.

Author : Laurie Bauer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521284929

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English Word-Formation by Laurie Bauer Pdf

Although the illustrative material is drawn principally from English, general points are illustrated with a variety of languages to provide a new perspective on a confused and often controversial field of study.

Author : Kate Woodford,Guy Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1550 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521824230

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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary by Kate Woodford,Guy Jackson Pdf

The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Easy to use and with a great CD-ROM - the perfect learner's dictionary for exam success. First published as the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, this new edition has been completely updated and redesigned. - References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English - All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable) - Over 200 'Common Learner Error' notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams Plus, on the CD-ROM: - SMART thesaurus - lets you find all the words with the same meaning - QUICKfind - automatically looks up words while you are working on-screen - SUPERwrite - tools for advanced writing, giving help with grammar and collocation - Hear and practise all the words.

Author : Pavol Štekauer,Rochelle Lieber
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1402035977

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Handbook of Word-Formation by Pavol Štekauer,Rochelle Lieber Pdf

This is the most comprehensive book to date on word formation in terms of scope of topics, schools and theoretical positions. All contributions were written by the leading scholars in their respective areas.

Author : Valerie Adams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781315504247

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An Introduction to Modern English Word-Formation by Valerie Adams Pdf

A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reader, but especially for English-speaking students of language and linguistics in institutions where English is the language of instruction, or advanced specialist students of English in universities where English is taught as a foreign language

Author : Pavol Štekauer
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3823352105

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English Word-formation by Pavol Štekauer Pdf

Author : Harmik Vaishnav
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789350482087

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English Words Formation by Harmik Vaishnav Pdf

The book attempts to enhance the language competence of all. In linguistics, word formation is the creation of a new word, word formation is sometimes contrasted with semantic change, which is a change in a single word’s meaning. Word formation can also be contrasted with the formation of idiomatic expressions. It gives equal importance to the terminology and sentence structure for acquiring linguistic proficiency in expressing oneself. Since the book deals with different parts of speech and their usage in sentence construction, it is of tremendous help to you in the selection of appropriate words to express your ideas accurately and effectively. This book will be extremely useful to students, aspirants of competitive exams, professionals and of course, learners of English language.

Author : Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781474428989

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Introduction to English Morphology by Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy Pdf

What exactly are words? Are they the things that get listed in dictionaries, or are they the basic units of sentence structure? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy explores the implications of these different approaches to words in English. He explains the various ways in which words are related to one another, and shows how the history of the English language has affected word structure. Topics include: words, sentences and dictionaries; a word and its parts (roots and affixes); a word and its forms (inflection); a word and its relatives (derivation); compound words; word structure; productivity; and the historical sources of English word formation. Requiring no prior linguistic training, this textbook is suitable for undergraduate students of English - literature or language - and provides a sound basis for further linguistic study.

Author : Laurie Bauer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108416030

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Compounds and Compounding by Laurie Bauer Pdf

This controversial new book addresses the linguistic problems around compounds: words which sit on the borderline of syntax and morphology.

Author : Pavol Štekauer
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027215550

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An Onomasiological Theory of English Word-formation by Pavol Štekauer Pdf

Pavol Štekauer presents an original approach to the intricate problems of English word-formation. The emphasis is on the process of coining new naming units (words). This is described by an onomasiological model, which takes as its point of departure the naming needs of a speech community, and proceeds through conceptual reflection of extra-linguistic reality and semantic analysis to the form of a new naming unit. As a result, it is the form which implements options given by semantics by means of the so-called Form-to-Meaning Assignment Principle. Word-formation is conceived of as an independent component, interrelated with the lexical component by supplying it with new naming units, and by making use of the word-formation bases of naming units stored in the Lexicon. The relation to the Syntactic component is only mediated through the Lexical component. In addition, the book presents a new approach to productivity. It is maintained that word-formation processes are as productive as syntactic processes. This radically new approach provides simple answers to a number of traditional problems of word-formation.

Author : José Luis Cifuentes Honrubia,José Luis Cifuentes,Susana Rodríguez Rosique
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027240071

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Spanish Word Formation and Lexical Creation by José Luis Cifuentes Honrubia,José Luis Cifuentes,Susana Rodríguez Rosique Pdf

This volume contributes a wider approach to word formation processes and sheds light on some unsolved issues. While the formal relationships established between the different constituents of a complex word have been analyzed in great depth, the semantic links have received little dedication. In order to complete the analysis, it is necessary to pay attention to the semantic properties associated to verbalization. The main purpose of the book is to integrate both the semantic proposals and the formal perspectives concerning word formation. This theoretical aim becomes the framework to study several mechanisms of lexical creation and neologisms. Furthermore, word formation is presented as a new source for Applied Linguistics. Although the volume uses Spanish as a starting point, it means to delimit formation patterns which may also be productive in other languages. This book is sure to become an important reference in the controversial field of word formation.

Author : MIHAELA TĂNASE-DOGARU
Publisher : Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9786061610747

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WORD-FORMATION IN ENGLISH. AN INTRODUCTION by MIHAELA TĂNASE-DOGARU Pdf

Volumul de față este unul de referință pentru studiul morfologiei engleze, realizând o integrare sintetică și relevantă a celor mai importante curente care au definit domeniul.

Author : Elisa Mattiello
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110549737

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Analogy in Word-formation by Elisa Mattiello Pdf

This book fills a gap in lexical morphology, especially with reference to analogy in English word-formation. Many studies have focused their interest on the role played by analogy within English inflectional morphology. However, the analogical mechanism also deserves investigation on account of its relevance to neology in English. This volume provides in-depth qualitative analyses and stimulating quantitative findings in this realm.

Author : Manoochehr Tavangar
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781527521728

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Word-Formation in Context by Manoochehr Tavangar Pdf

This fascinating book treats the use of words from a completely new perspective. Far from being purely abstract entities, words are believed to emerge from an interaction between morphological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic components. For this reason, the book draws from a vast spectrum of naturally occurring texts representing almost every style, register, and genre. It uses an extremely wide variety of language, and provides a key to help readers check their answers to the questions it poses.

Author : Sonja Kaupp
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640286010

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Word Formation Processes in English and German - a Survey by Sonja Kaupp Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 2,0, University of Freiburg (Englisches Seminar), course: Contrastive Linguistics, 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: When German native speakers converse with English native speakers, they are often astonished how easily and spontaneously new words can be created in English. At the same time, English speakers are astonished by the number of lengthy compounds the German use in written language. But still, most word formation processes are very similar in both languages - both English and German even share some affixes, for example be- in be-friend or be-zahlen or -er in sing-er or Säng-er. I want to investigate the differences and similarities concerning the major word formation processes in English and German (compounding, derivational suffixation and conversion). Firstly, I will provide an appropriate background by looking at contrasts in the lexicon and will also touch on some diachronic explanations. Then I will explain the different units of words. Ultimately, I want to get an insight into a very recent phenomenon, namely the adding of German affixes to English words in German word formation - the so-called 'Denglisch'.