ABSTRACT

A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reader, but especially for English-speaking students of language and linguistics in institutions where English is the language of instruction, or advanced specialist students of English in universities where English is taught as a foreign language

chapter 1|15 pages

The word

chapter 2|14 pages

Word classes

chapter 3|7 pages

Some terms and definitions

chapter 4|20 pages

Derivation by zero suffix

chapter 5|33 pages

Noun compounds

chapter 6|15 pages

Adjective compounds

chapter 7|8 pages

Verb compounds and backformation

chapter 8|15 pages

Compounds containing particles

chapter 9|7 pages

Neo-classical compounds

chapter 10|4 pages

Clippings and acronyms 1

chapter 11|9 pages

Morphemes, phonaesthemes and blends

chapter 12|13 pages

Compound-blends

chapter 13|36 pages

Group-forming

chapter 14|20 pages

Word-formation and rules