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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814073303321

Autore

Mattiello Elisa

Titolo

Analogy in word-formation : a study of English neologisms and occasionalisms / / Elisa Mattiello

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-11-054973-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 pages)

Collana

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, , 1861-4302 ; ; Volume 309

Classificazione

HF 240

Disciplina

428.2

Soggetti

English language - Grammar

Language and languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. New words, neologisms, and nonce words -- 3. Analogy in English word-formation -- 4. Analogy in specialised language -- 5. Analogy in juvenile language -- 6. Analogy in journalistic language -- 7. Analogy in literary works -- 8. Acceptability of new analogical words -- 9. Conclusions -- References -- Lexical index -- Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book fills a gap in lexical morphology, especially with reference to analogy in English word-formation. Many studies have focused their interest on the role played by analogy within English inflectional morphology. However, the analogical mechanism also deserves investigation on account of its relevance to neology in English. This volume provides in-depth qualitative analyses and stimulating quantitative findings in this realm.