Making new words : morphological derivation in english /
Dixon, Robert M. W.
Making new words : morphological derivation in english / R.M.W. Dixon. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014. ©2014. - xv, 448 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-438) and indexes.
Preliminaries -- How to make new words -- Criteria--affixes, semi-affixes, and compounds -- What we describe -- Un-expected, mis-judged, dis-organized counter-revolution : making negative words -- Ultra-patriotic, extra-special, pre-election pseudo-promise : keeping the same word class -- Be-feather, smart-en, em-power, beauti-fy, moral-ize : making new verbs -- Moon-like, death-ly, angr-y, mysteri-ous, memor-able : making new adjectives -- Eager-ness, bidd-ing, pay-ment, owner-ship, satisf-action : making new nouns -- Care-ful-ly, side-ways, home-wards, crab-fashion : making new adverbs -- Un-relent-less-ly de-west-ern-iz-ing non-mean-ing-ful infra-structures : combining affixes -- Envoi : the way of words -- Appendix 1 : list of adjective and verb semantic types, with sample members -- Appendix 2 : alphabetical directory of adjectives and verbs in the list of semantic types.
0198712367 (hbk.) 0198712375 (pbk.) 9780198712367 (hbk.) 9780198712374 (pbk.)
2013956032
GBB450048 bnb
016713532 Uk
English language--Morphology.
English language--New words.
English language--Suffixes and prefixes.
PE1175 / .D57 2014
425.92
Making new words : morphological derivation in english / R.M.W. Dixon. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014. ©2014. - xv, 448 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-438) and indexes.
Preliminaries -- How to make new words -- Criteria--affixes, semi-affixes, and compounds -- What we describe -- Un-expected, mis-judged, dis-organized counter-revolution : making negative words -- Ultra-patriotic, extra-special, pre-election pseudo-promise : keeping the same word class -- Be-feather, smart-en, em-power, beauti-fy, moral-ize : making new verbs -- Moon-like, death-ly, angr-y, mysteri-ous, memor-able : making new adjectives -- Eager-ness, bidd-ing, pay-ment, owner-ship, satisf-action : making new nouns -- Care-ful-ly, side-ways, home-wards, crab-fashion : making new adverbs -- Un-relent-less-ly de-west-ern-iz-ing non-mean-ing-ful infra-structures : combining affixes -- Envoi : the way of words -- Appendix 1 : list of adjective and verb semantic types, with sample members -- Appendix 2 : alphabetical directory of adjectives and verbs in the list of semantic types.
0198712367 (hbk.) 0198712375 (pbk.) 9780198712367 (hbk.) 9780198712374 (pbk.)
2013956032
GBB450048 bnb
016713532 Uk
English language--Morphology.
English language--New words.
English language--Suffixes and prefixes.
PE1175 / .D57 2014
425.92