Morphology and Lexical Semantics

Informationen zum Autor Rochelle Lieber is Professor of English at the University of New Hampshire. Klappentext Rochelle Lieber discusses the lexical semantics of word formation in a systematic way! allowing the reader to explore the nature of affixal polysemy. Zusammenfassung Rochelle Lieber discusses the lexical semantics of word formation in a systematic way! allowing the reader to explore the nature of affixal polysemy! the reasons why there are multiple affixes with the same function and the issues of mismatch between form and meaning in word formation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Features; 2. Co-indexation; 3. The semantics of verb formation; 4. Extending the system - location; 5. Extending the system - quantity; 6. Combinability and the correspondence between form and meaning; 7. Looking back, looking forward; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Rochelle Lieber, Rochelle (University of New Hampshire) Lieber, Lieber Rochelle
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521100434
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10043-4
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguisti; Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering