1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents ix
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. New words, neologisms, and nonce words 23
6. 3. Analogy in English word-formation 36
7. 4. Analogy in specialised language 112
8. 5. Analogy in juvenile language 132
9. 6. Analogy in journalistic language 154
10. 7. Analogy in literary works 171
11. 8. Acceptability of new analogical words 193
12. 9. Conclusions 213
13. References 220
14. Lexical index 232
15. Subject index 243