Morphology and Lexical Semantics

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 with the same function, and the issues of mismatch between form and meaning in word formation.

Author: Rochelle Lieber
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/18/2009
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780521100434

About the Author
Lieber, Rochelle: - Rochelle Lieber is Professor of English at the University of New Hampshire.

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