Word-Formation in English

Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics

by Ingo Plag

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.

Genres: Linguistics, Nonfiction, Ebooks, Language

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

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[dreamwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can you marry a book?
During my preparation for my exams, I was so familiar with this, had such an intimate relationship to this book that I used to refer to it as 'Ingo, my friend'. *sigh*^^