Making New Words: Morphological Derivation in English

by R.M.W. Dixon

Making New Words provides a detailed study of the 200 or so prefixes and suffixes which create new words in today's English. Alongside a systematic discussion of these forms, Professor Dixon explores and explains the hundreds of conundrums that seem to be exceptions to general rules. Why, for instance, do we say un-distinguished (with prefix un-) but in-distinguishable (with in-); why un-ceasing but in-cesssant? Why, alongside gold-en, do we say silver-y...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198712375
• ISBN13: 9780198712374
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.6"