36.2515, Books: Reflections on English Word-Formation: Bauer (2025)

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Date: 26-Aug-2025
From: Ellena Moriarty [rfsupport at cambridge.org]
Subject: Reflections on English Word-Formation: Bauer (2025)


Title: Reflections on English Word-Formation
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
           http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/universitypress/subjects/languages-linguistics/morphology/reflections-english-word-formation?format=PB&isbn=9781009559966

Author(s): Laurie Bauer

Hardback ISBN:  9781009559973 Pages:  252 Price: U.K. £ 75.00
Hardback ISBN:  9781009559973 Pages:  252 Price: Europe EURO 87.53
Hardback ISBN:  9781009559973 Pages:  252 Price: U.S. $ 95.00

Abstract:

We are all familiar with coming across a new word, whether it has just
been invented or whether we have just not met it before. How do we
invent new words? How do we understand words that we have never heard
before? What are the limits on the kinds of words we produce? How have
linguists and grammarians dealt with the phenomenon of creating new
words, and how justified are their ways of viewing such words? In this
concise and compelling book, Professor Bauer, one of the world's
best-known morphologists, looks back over fifty years of his work,
seeking out overlooked patterns in word-formation, and offering new
solutions to recurrent problems. Each section deals with a different
morphological problem, meaning that the book can either be read from
start to finish, or alternatively used as a concise reference work on
the key issues and problems in the field.

Written In: English (eng)



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