Extra-grammatical Morphology in English

Author/Contributor(s):	Mattiello, Elisa
Publisher:	Walter de Gruyter
Date:	01/22/2013
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Extra-grammatical morphology is a hitherto neglected area of research, highly marginalised because of its irregularity and unpredictability. Yet many neologisms in English are formed by means of extra-grammatical mechanisms, such as abbreviation, blending and reduplication, which therefore deserve both greater attention and more systematic study. This book analyses such phenomena.