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5 - Word formation

George Yule
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The Study of Language , pp. 52 - 65
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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Minkova, D. and Stockwell, R. (2009) English Words: History and Structure (2nd edition) Cambridge University PressCrossRefGoogle Scholar
Adams, V. (2001) Complex Words in EnglishLongmanGoogle Scholar
Plag, I. (2003) Word-formation in EnglishCambridge University PressCrossRefGoogle Scholar
Crystal, D. (2003) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (chapters 10–12) (2nd edition) Cambridge University PressGoogle Scholar
Vise, D. and Malseed, M. (2005) The Google StoryDelacorte PressGoogle Scholar
Stubbs, M. (2001) Words and Phrases (chapter 8) BlackwellGoogle Scholar
Fabb, N. (1998) “Compounding” In Spencer, A. and Zwicky, A. (eds.) The Handbook of Morphology (66–83) BlackwellGoogle Scholar
Allan, K. (1986) Linguistic MeaningRoutledgeGoogle Scholar
Aitchison, J. (2003) Words in the Mind (part 3) (3rd edition) BlackwellGoogle Scholar
Lieber, R. (2004) Morphology and Lexical SemanticsCambridge University PressCrossRefGoogle Scholar
Yu, A. (2007) A Natural History of InfixationOxford University PressCrossRefGoogle Scholar
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  • Word formation
  • George Yule
  • Book: The Study of Language
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511757754.006
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  • Word formation
  • George Yule
  • Book: The Study of Language
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511757754.006
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