English Compounds and Their Spelling

Informationen zum Autor Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer is a senior lecturer in English linguistics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. She has published widely on many diverse topics. Her books include Consociation and Dissociation: An Empirical Study of Word-Family Integration in English and German (2008), Studies in Variation, Contacts and Change in English Volume 16: Can We Predict Linguistic Change? (2015) and Variational Text Linguistics: Revisiting Register in English (2016). Klappentext An original study of the formation of compounds, and what syntactic, structural and semantic criteria determine their spelling and usage. Zusammenfassung Have you ever wondered whether to spell a particular compound with a space or a hyphen - and why? This book discusses what compounds are and how they differ from other linguistic units. It provides a detailed analysis of English compound spelling and suggests a rule of thumb for doubtful cases. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. Theoretical Background: 2. Delimitating the compound concept; 3. The normative background; Part II. Empirical Study of English Compound Spelling: 4. Material and method; 5. Potential determinants of English compound spelling; Part III. Modelling English Compound Spelling: 6. Compound spelling heuristics; 7. Modelling English compound spelling; 8. Summary and conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Sanchez-Stockhammer Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer, Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer, Christina (Ludwig-Maximilians Sanchez-Stockhammer, Sanchez-Stockhammer Christina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781316647905
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64790-5
• No. of pages: 418
• Series: Studies in English Language
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Language: history & general works, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Usage & grammar guides, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Usage and grammar guides, Language: history and general works