LINGUIST List 34.104
Fri Jan 13 2023
Books: Transitional Morphology: Mattiello
Editor for this issue: Maria Lucero Guillen Puon <luceroguillenlinguistlist.org>
Date: 14-Dec-2022
From: Ellena Moriarty <ellena.moriarty
cambridge.org>
Subject: Transitional Morphology: Mattiello
E-mail this message to a friend Title: Transitional Morphology
Subtitle: Combining Forms in Modern English
Published: 2022
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/morphology/transitional-morphology-combining-forms-modern-english?format=HB Author: Elisa Mattiello
Hardback: ISBN: 9781009168281 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9781009168281 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 85.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9781009168281 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 99.20
Abstract:
Combining Forms (CFs) are a major morphological phenomenon in Modern English, yet while they have been discussed in some morphological literature, no full-length study has been devoted to this topic so far. This pioneering book addresses that gap by providing a framework in which CFs are marked as distinct from their neighbouring categories such as abbreviations and blending. It splits CFs into four distinct categories – neoclassical (e.g. bio-therapy, zoo-logy), abbreviated (e.g. e-reader, econo-politics), secreted (e.g. oil-gate, computer-holic) and splinters (e.g. docu- from documentary in docudrama). It shows that the notion of CF spans a wide spectrum of processes, from regular composition to abbreviation, from blending to analogy, and schema. Modern and emerging English CFs are analysed by adopting a corpus-based approach, and measuring their realised, expanding, and potential productivity. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is essential reading for researchers and advanced students of morphology, English historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, and lexicography.
1. Introduction; 2. Background of combining forms; 3. Dataset and methodology; 4. Neoclassical combining forms; 5. Abbreviated combining forms; 6. Secreted combining forms; 7. Splinters or combining forms 'in the making'; 8. Conclusions.
Linguistic Field(s): Lexicography
Morphology
Written In: English (eng)
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