Word-Formation in the World''s Languages - A Typological Survey

Informationen zum Autor Pavol Stekauer is Professor of English Linguistics at Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia. Salvador Valera is Associate Professor of English Morphology and Syntax at the University of Jaén, Spain. Livia Kortvelyessy is a lecturer in English Linguistics at Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia. Klappentext A pioneering book establishing the foundations for research into word-formation typology. Zusammenfassung This book fills a gap in cross-linguistic research by being the first systematic survey of the word-formation of the world's languages. Data from fifty-five world languages reveals associations between word-formation processes in genetically and geographically distinct languages. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. The Field of Word-Formation: 1. The scope of word-formation; 2. Word-formation vs syntax; Part II. Cross-Linguistic Analysis: 3. Word-formation processes combining free morphemes; 4. Word-formation processes with bound morphemes; 5. Word-formation without addition of derivational material and subtractive word-formation; 6. An onomasiological description; 7. Results and discussion.

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• Authors: Pavol ¿Tekauer, K&, Lívia K¿rtvélyessy, Livia Kortvelyessy, Lívia Kortvélyessy, Lívia Kőrtvélyessy, Pavel Stekauer, Pavel Valera Stekauer, Pavol Stekauer, Pavol Valera Stekauer, Pavol Štekauer, Salvador Valera, Valera Salvador
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.08.2015
• EAN: 9781107533646
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53364-6
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; PHILOSOPHY / Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Morphology, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology