This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the study of word-formation, that is, the ways in which new words are built on the bases of other words (e.

This book aims to contribute to a growing interest amongst psycholinguists and morphologists in the mechanisms of meaning predictability. It presents a brand-ne

This handbook comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation. The five volumes contain 207 articles written by leading internation

Although the illustrative material is drawn principally from English, general points are illustrated with a variety of languages to provide a new perspective on

This fascinating book treats the use of words from a completely new perspective. Far from being purely abstract entities, words are believed to emerge from an i