Morphology and Lexical Semantics
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series)
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Exploring the meanings of morphemes and how they combine to form the meanings of complex words, this book examines derived words (writer, unionize), compounds (dog bed, truck driver), and words formed by conversion. Using a series of case studies from English, Rochelle Lieber analyzes the lexical semantics of word formation in a systematic way. The reader is able to explore the nature of affixal polysemy--the reasons why there are multiple affixes...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521100437
ISBN13:9780521100434
Release Date:January 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:212 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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