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Word-Formation in English

Hardcover • 2003

Word-Formation in English

By Ingo Plagg

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About the book

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 theo...Show more

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9780521525633

Published year

2003

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Word-Formation in English

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Hardcover

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