Ebook Word formation in English

Ebook Word formation in English. Description Contents Resources About the Authors Providing an accessible introduction to the study of word-formation, this text focuses specifically on English.

Assuming no prior linguistic knowledge, Ingo Plag explains the fundamentals of word-formation, demonstrating how morphemes--the elements of a word's internal structure--can function to relate words to other words, and to create new words.

Students are encouraged to undertake their own morphological analysis of English words, and are introduced to the methodological tools for obtaining and analyzing relevant data.

• Unique among its competitors in its problem-orientated, task-based didactic approach
• Incorporates the most recent important empirical and theoretical developments in the field of word-formation
• It is not restricted to a particular theory or framework but is based on various research traditions

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