Word-Formation - Language Contact and Diachrony

This reader is part of a five-volume-edition and comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation. Volume 4 studies the mechanisms of diachronic change based on in-depth studies of different languages. The influence of diachronic change on the productivity patterns is addressed as well as the role of language contact.

About the author

Peter O. Müller
, Erlangen-Nürnberg;
Susan Olsen
, Berlin;
Franz Rainer
, Wien, Austria.

Summary

This reader is part of a five-volume-edition and comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation. Volume 4 studies the mechanisms of diachronic change based on in-depth studies of different languages. The influence of diachronic change on the productivity patterns is addressed as well as the role of language contact
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Product details

• Assisted by: Peter O. Müller (Editor), Peter Otto Müller (Editor), Susan Olsen (Editor), Franz Rainer (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.08.2025
• EAN: 9783111414089
• ISBN: 978-3-11-141408-9
• No. of pages: 596
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 32 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 895 g
• Series: Mouton Reader
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Morphologie, Europäische Sprachen, Wortbildung, Linguistics, Sprachtypologie, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Morphology, language typology, European Languages, Word-formation