Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey

A pioneering book establishing the foundations for research into word-formation typology and tendencies. It fills a gap in cross-linguistic research by being the first systematic survey of the word-formation of the world's languages. Drawing on over 1500 examples from fifty-five languages, it provides a wider global representation than any other volume. This data, from twenty-eight language families and forty-five language genera, reveals associations between word-formation processes in genetically and geographically distinct languages. Data presentation from two complementary perspectives, semasiological and onomasiological, shows both the basic functions of individual word-formation processes and the ways of expressing selected cognitive categories. Language data was gathered by way of detailed questionnaires completed by over eighty leading experts on the languages discussed. The book is aimed at academic researchers and graduate students in language typology, linguistic fieldwork and morphology.

Author: Pavol Stekauer, Salvador Valera, Lívia Kőrtvélyessy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/23/2012
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780521765343

About the Author
K. Rtvelyessy, Livia: - Livia Kortvelyessy is a lecturer in English Linguistics at afarik University, Ko ice, Slovakia.Stekauer, Pavol: - Pavol Stekauer is Professor of English Linguistics at Safárik University, Kosice, Slovakia.Valera, Salvador: - Salvador Valera is Associate Professor of English Morphology and Syntax at the University of Jaén, Spain.
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