Morphological Productivity
Why are there more English words ending in -ness than ending in -ity? What is it about some endings that makes them more widely usable than others? Can we measure the differences in the facility with which the various affixes are used? Does the difference in facility reflect a difference in the way we treat words containing these affixes in the brain? These are the questions examined in this book. Morphological productivity has, over the centuries, been a major factor in providing the huge vocabulary of English and remains one of the most contested areas in the study of word-formation and structure. This book takes an eclectic approach to the…
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Weitere Autoren: Anderson, S. R. (Hrsg.) / Bresnan, J. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-521-02515-7
- EAN: 9780521025157
- Produktnummer: 2288883
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 260 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.5 cm 405 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 405
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Laurie Bauer is Professor of Linguistics at the Victoria University of Wellington.
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