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Word-Formation - History, Theories, Units and Processes

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Published/Copyright: 2025
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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 1 focuses on the historical and theoretical foundations of the field. The diachronic origins are presented that give rise to different theoretical perspectives while converging on the basic units that characterize the organization of lexical knowledge and the processes involved in the formation of new words.

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

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"It is really good news that the core content from the invaluable Handbook of Word-Formation (HSK) is now more available to researchers and students in paperback. The coverage is extraordinary and is provided by top European scholars in the field. Whether you want to keep up-to-date or expand your oversight, there is something here for everyone interested in the study of word-formation."

Laurie Bauer, Professor Emeritus, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

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    1 The scope of word-formation research

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    Hans-Jörg Schmid
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    2 Word-formation research from its beginnings to the 19<sup>th</sup> century

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    3 Word-formation in historicalcomparative grammar

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    Thomas Lindner
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    4 Word-formation in structuralism

    59
    Wolfgang Motsch
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    5 Word-formation in generative grammar

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    Rochelle Lieber
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    6 Word-formation in construction grammar

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    Geert Booij
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    7 Word-formation in psycholinguistics and neurocognitive research

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    Gary Libben
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    8 The delimitation of derivation and inflection

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    Pavol Štekauer
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    9 Units of word-formation

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    Joachim Mugdan
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    10 Derivation

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    Andrew Spencer
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    11 Conversion

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    Salvador Valera
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    12 Backformation

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    Pavol Štekauer
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    13 Clipping

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    Anja Steinhauer
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    14 Composition

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    Susan Olsen
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    15 Blending

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    Bernard Fradin
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    16 Particle-verb formation

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    Andrew McIntyre
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    17 Multi-word expressions

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    Matthias Hüning and Barbara Schlücker
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    18 Reduplication

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    Thomas Schwaiger
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    19 Word-creation

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    Elke Ronneberger-Sibold
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    20 Allomorphy

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    Wolfgang U. Dressler
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    Index

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eBook published on:
June 30, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111420561
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June 30, 2025
Paperback ISBN:
9783111413686
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Front matter:
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470
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4
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111420561
eBook ISBN: 9783111420561
Paperback ISBN: 9783111413686
Keywords for this book
Word-Formation; Morphology; Language Typology; European Languages
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Scholars and Graduates interested in General Linguistics, especially Word-Formation.
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