This book is the second edition of a highly successful introduction to the study of word-
formation, that is, the ways in which new words are built on the bases of other words (eg …

A thorough and fascinating exploration of the evolution of English'phonological structure,
this book traces the history of individual sounds and their representation through Old …

English Lexicogenesis investigates the processes by which novel words are coined in
English, and how they are variously discarded or adopted, and frequently then adapted …

The status of compounds as words, their phonology, their internal structure, and the notion of
headedness are discussed. The semantics of compounds, in particular the division of …

This article presents a systematic exposition of how the basic ideas of Construction
Grammar (CxG)(Goldberg,) and the Parallel Architecture (PA) of grammar (Jackendoff,) …

This article investigates a variety of ways in which prosodic factors influence blend structure
in English. Recent approaches no longer consider blends unpredictable, but the role of …

This volume analyzes morphological and morphonological phenomena from a number of
distinct Slavic languages. It does so in an innovative manner, yet also positions the analysis …

Derivational morphology is a type of word formation that creates new lexemes, either by
changing syntactic category or by adding substantial new meaning (or both) to a free or …

Diminutive research is often too narrowly focused on suffixed nouns, while other types of
diminutive formation are neglected. A plea is therefore made to also consider other …

This article describes how students can be introduced to the basics of linguistic analysis
using personal, product, and place names as data. I outline several areas of linguistics that …