The Oxford Handbook of Derivational MorphologyRochelle Lieber, Pavol Stekauer The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology is intended as a companion volume to The Oxford Handbook of Compounding (OUP 2009) Written by distinguished scholars, its 41 chapters aim to provide a comprehensive and thorough overview of the study of derivational morphology. The handbook begins with an overview and a consideration of definitional matters, distinguishing derivation from inflection on the one hand and compounding on the other. From a formal perspective, the handbook treats affixation (prefixation, suffixation, infixation, circumfixation, etc.), conversion, reduplication, root and pattern and other templatic processes, as well as prosodic and subtractive means of forming new words. From a semantic perspective, it looks at the processes that form various types of adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs, as well as evaluatives and the rarer processes that form function words. The book also surveys derivation in fifteen language families that are widely dispersed in terms of both geographical location and typological characteristics. |
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action addition adjectives adverbs affixes agent alternation appear applies approach argued argument attach base become called causative chapter combinations common compared complex compounds considered consonant construction conversion create denoting derivational diminutive discussion distinction elements English evaluative example exist expressed final formation frequent function German give given grammatical head illustrated indicate infixes inflectional instance involving languages less lexemes lexical linguistic marker marking meaning morpheme morphology naming nature nominal notes nouns object observed occur original paradigm particular pattern person phonological plural position possible predictable prefix present productive properties question reduplication refer requirement result root rules semantic sense similar speakers specific stem structure suffix suggests syllable syntactic Table templatic theory tion transitive typically University verb verbal vowel word formation