Word-Formation in English - Rilegato

Plag, Ingo

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0521819598 ISBN 13: 9780521819596

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Riassunto

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.

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Descrizione del libro

This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the study of word-formation, focusing specifically on English. Assuming no prior linguistic knowledge, it explains the fundamentals of word-formation, encouraging students to undertake their own morphological analyses of English words, and familiarising them with the methodological tools to obtain and analyse relevant data.

L'autore

Ingo Plag is Professor of English Linguistics in the department of Linguistics, Literary and Media Studies at the University of Siegen.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521819598
• ISBN 13: 9780521819596
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256