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Description

1. 1 online resource (xv, 448 pages)

Uniform title

1. Making new words (Online)

Alternative title

1. Making new words (Online)

Subject

1. English language -- Suffixes and prefixes
2. English language -- New words
3. English language -- Morphology

Contents

1. Preliminaries -- How to make new words -- Criteria--affixes, semi-affixes, and compounds -- What we describe -- Un-expected, mis-judged, dis-organized counter-revolution : making negative words -- Ultra-patriotic, extra-special, pre-election pseudo-promise : keeping the same word class -- Be-feather, smart-en, em-power, beauti-fy, moral-ize : making new verbs -- Moon-like, death-ly, angr-y, mysteri-ous, memor-able : making new adjectives -- Eager-ness, bidd-ing, pay-ment, owner-ship, satisf-action : making new nouns -- Care-ful-ly, side-ways, home-wards, crab-fashion : making new adverbs -- Un-relent-less-ly de-west-ern-iz-ing non-mean-ing-ful infra-structures : combining affixes -- Envoi : the way of words -- Appendix 1 : list of adjective and verb semantic types, with sample members -- Appendix 2 : alphabetical directory of adjectives and verbs in the list of semantic types.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-438) and indexes.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939-

Title

1. Making new words [electronic resource] : morphological derivation in English / R.M.W. Dixon, Language and Culture Research Centre, James Cook University.

Imprint

1. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Edition

1. First edition.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-438) and indexes.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2013956032