English Lexicogenesis
Author:   D. Gary Miller (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   336
Publication Date:   20 February 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   D. Gary Miller (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.662kg
ISBN:  

9780199689880


ISBN 10:   0199689881
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   20 February 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1: Theoretical assumptions 2: Productivity and constraints 3: Compounding 4: New patterns of derivation 5: Novel word crafting 6: Metaphor and metonymy 7: Folk etymology and tabu 8: The cycle of expressivity 9: Phonological form and abridgements 10: Sound symbolism 11: Clipping 12: Blending 13: Formative extraction, combining forms, and neoclassical compounding 14: Reduplicative and conjunctive formations 15: Core and expressive morphology: Conclusion

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D. Gary Miller is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Classics at the Universities of Florida and Colorado, Boulder. His books include Homer and the Ionian Epic Tradition (1982), Improvisation, Typology, Culture, and 'The New Orthodoxy': How 'Oral' is Homer? (1982), Complex Verb Formation (1993), Ancient Scripts and Phonological Knowledge (1994), Nonfinite Structures in Theory and Change (OUP 2002), Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English (OUP 2005), Language Change and Linguistic Theory (2 vols, OUP 2010), and External Influences on English: From Beginnings to the Renaissance (OUP 2012).

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