Word-Formation - Language Contact and Diachrony
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Word-Formation - Language Contact and Diachrony

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Word-Formation - Language Contact and Diachrony

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This reader is part of a five-volume-edition and comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation. Volume 4 studies the mechanisms of diachronic change based on in-depth studies of different languages. The influence of diachronic change on the productivity patterns is addressed as well as the role of language contact.

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Yes, you can access Word-Formation - Language Contact and Diachrony by Peter O. Müller,Susan Olsen,Franz Rainer in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Linguistics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. 1 Types of foreign word-formation
  5. 2 Foreign word-formation, language planning and purism
  6. 3 Word-formation in Neo-Latin
  7. 4 Foreign word-formation in German
  8. 5 Foreign word-formation in English
  9. 6 Foreign word-formation in Italian
  10. 7 Foreign word-formation in Polish
  11. 8 Word-formation and purism in German
  12. 9 Word-formation and purism in French
  13. 10 Mechanisms and motives of change in word-formation
  14. 11 Change in productivity
  15. 12 Grammaticalization in German word-formation
  16. 13 Grammaticalization in Slavic word-formation
  17. 14 The origin of suffixes in Romance
  18. 15 Historical word-formation in German
  19. 16 Historical word-formation in English
  20. 17 From Latin to Romance
  21. 18 From Latin to Romanian
  22. 19 From Old French to Modern French
  23. 20 From Old Irish to Modern Irish
  24. 21 Historical word-formation in Slavic
  25. 22 From Ancient Greek to Modern Greek
  26. 23 The history of word-formation in Uralic
  27. 24 From Old Hungarian to Modern Hungarian
  28. 25 Historical word-formation in Turkish
  29.  Index