Complex Words: Advances in Morphology

Description

A state-of-the-art survey of complex words, this volume brings together a team of leading international morphologists to demonstrate the wealth and breadth of the study of word-formation. Encompassing methodological, empirical and theoretical approaches, each chapter presents the results of cutting-edge research into linguistic complexity, including lexico-semantic aspects of complex words, the structure of complex words, and corpus-based case studies. Drawing on examples from a wide range of languages, it covers both general aspects of word-formation, and aspects specific to particular languages, such as English, French, Greek, Basque, Spanish, German and Slovak. Theoretical considerations are supported by a number of in-depth case studies focusing on the role of affixes, as well as word-formation processes such as compounding, affixation and conversion. Attention is also devoted to typological issues in word-formation. The book will be an invaluable resource for academic researchers and graduate students interested in morphology, linguistic typology and corpus linguistics.

Livia Koertvelyessy Professor in the Department of British and American Studies, P.J. Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia. Her research has focused on typology of word-formation and evaluative morphology. She is author of Evaluative Morphology from a Cross-linguistic Perspective (2015), On the Influence of Sociolinguistic Factors on Productivity in Word-Formation (2010) and co-author of Word-Formation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey (2012). Pavol Stekauer is Professor in the Department of British and American Studies, P.J. Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia. His research has focused on an onomasiological approach to complex-word-formation and interpretation. He is author of A Theory of Conversion in English (1996), An Onomasiological Theory of English Word-Formation (1998), Meaning Predictability in Word-Formation (2005) and co-author of Word-Formation in the World's Languages. A Typological Survey (2012).

'By uniting the world's top morphologists in a single volume, this book offers an exclusive insight into how current theories tackle some of the most challenging - and exciting - aspects of complex words. A comprehensive and accessible account of the latest advances in morphology that is set to become a modern classic.' Reka Benczes, Corvinus University of Budapest