The Semantics of Word Formation and Lexicalization

by Claire Thomas and Pius Ten Hacken

In the study of word formation, the focus has often been on generating the form. In this book, the semantic aspect of the formation of new words is central. It is viewed from the perspectives of word formation rules and of lexicalization.
Each chapter concentrates on a specific question about a theoretical concept or a word formation process in a particular language and adopts a theoretical framework that is appropriate to the study of this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748689605
• ISBN13: 9780748689606
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"