An Introduction to Modern English Word-formationA 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 |
Contents
Word classes | 16 |
Some terms and definitions | 30 |
Derivation by zero suffix 3 | 37 |
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accent action adjectival adjective compounds adjective-noun adverb affixes appear arian arian words backformation beatnik blends Bolinger CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ century Chapter coinages coined collocation with related combinations Compare complex words compound verbs compound-elements constituent containing contexts CRUZ The University denoted Derivational compounds ending English Studies Esperanto examples formation free phrase fruitarian function gerund grammatical inflections instance instrument intransitive Jespersen kind language Latin Len Deighton lexical linguistic Locative London Marchand morpheme neo-classical neo-classical compounds nominal compounds noticed Novial Old English onomatopoeia Otto Jespersen paraphrase parasynthetic particle pattern perhaps phonaesthemes plural prefixes premodified preposition productive Randolph Quirk related meaning exists second element seems semantic sense sentence similar sponge Standard stems ster structure syllable syntactic syntax tion transitive verbs tron University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA verb compounds verb-adverb/preposition collocation Verb-Object verbal verbs meaning vocabulary Webster word-formation Zandvoort zero suffix zero-derived