Word - formation in English

Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English

... plural of son -in- law is not *son -in- laws but sons -in- law. Under the assumption that son -in- law is one word (i.e. some kind of compound), the plural ending is inserted inside the word and not ... what exactly we are dealing with in the study of word- formation. 2. Studying word- formation As the term word- formation suggests, we are dealing with the formation of words, but what does ... fresh rain in a forest in the fall. Certainly a unified concept, but we would not consider the smell of fresh rain in a forest in the fall a word. In fact, English simply has no single word for...

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Word formation in english

... plural of son -in- law is not *son -in- laws but sons -in- law. Under the assumption that son -in- law is one word (i.e. some kind of compound), the plural ending is inserted inside the word and not ... analysis of the kinds of phenomena that fall into the domain of word- formation, before we finally discuss how word- formation can be distinguished from the other sub-branch of morphology, inflection. ... word- formation suggests, we are dealing with the formation of words, but what does that mean? Let us look at a number of words that fall into the domain of word- formation and a number of words...

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Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English - Affixation

... according to their pronunciation or morphology. For example, if one is interested in words with the suffix -ion, the pertinent words are found in one subsection, with no non-pertinent words intervening. ... this kind of dictionary is extremely practical for the analysis of word- formation patterns, but has the disadvantage of containing nothing but word- forms, hence not giving any additional information ... -( at)ion alternation -ness religiousness -y candidacy -less televisionless -al environmental -ful eventful -ic parasitic -hood companionhood -ize hypothesize -ship editorship -ous monstrous -ly...

Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English - Compounding

... analyst c. pipe-and-slipper husband off-the-rack dress over-the-fence gossip In (3a) we find compounds involving elements (astro-, bio-, photo-), which are not attested as independent words (note ... criteria of our definition. For example, under a compound analysis jack -in- the-box is headless, since a jack -in- the-box is neither a kind of box, nor a kind of jack. Chapter 6: Compounding 175 Furthermore, ... building for growing plants’ ‘a house that is green’ c. óperating instructions operating instrúctions ‘instructions for operating something’ ‘instructions that are operating’ d. instálling options...

Cambridge University Press Word Formation In English

... plural of son -in- law is not *son -in- laws but sons -in- law. Under the assumption that son -in- law is one word (i.e. some kind of compound), the plural ending is inserted inside the word and not ... what exactly we are dealing with in the study of word- formation. 2. Studying word- formation As the term word- formation suggests, we are dealing with the formation of words, but what does that ... fresh rain in a forest in the fall. Certainly a unified concept, but we would not consider the smell of fresh rain in a forest in the fall a word. In fact, English simply has no single word for...

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Word - formation in English

... plural of son -in- law is not *son -in- laws but sons -in- law. Under the assumption that son -in- law is one word (i.e. some kind of compound), the plural ending is inserted inside the word and not ... analysis of the kinds of phenomena that fall into the domain of word- formation, before we finally discuss how word- formation can be distinguished from the other sub-branch of morphology, inflection. ... word- formation suggests, we are dealing with the formation of words, but what does that mean? Let us look at a number of words that fall into the domain of word- formation and a number of words...

Tài liệu Word-formation in English ppt

... analysis of the kinds of phenomena that fall into the domain of word- formation, before we finally discuss how word- formation can be distinguished from the other sub-branch of morphology, inflection. ... this kind of dictionary is extremely practical for the analysis of word- formation patterns, but has the disadvantage of containing nothing but word- forms, hence not giving any additional information ... suffixes in (14) are consonant-initial, whereas the suffixes in (15) are vowel-initial. This means that the vowel-initial suffixes integrate into the prosodic structure of the base word. In contrast...

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