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Front Matter Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface 1 Words The linguistic sign Apparent exceptions to the arbitrariness of the sign A real exception to the arbitrariness of the sign: word-formation The structure of complex words Defining ‘word’ Words as types and tokens The word as an abstract entity—the lexeme Lexemes and multi-word units Reference, denotation, sense The origins of English words Exercises 2 The English Word Classes Criteria for word class membership Criteria for the noun category Criteria for verbs Criteria for adjectives Criteria for adverbs The closed word classes Auxiliaries Determiners Prepositions Conjunctions Exercises 3 Outline of English Word-formation Defining word-formation The output of word-formation rules Word-formation vs. word manufacture Word-formation rules and the dictionary Exercises 4 Prefixation Characteristics of prefixes Prefix meanings Prefix function Prefixes in English and in Latin Degrees of productivity among prefixes Common English prefixes Negative prefixes: non-, un-, a-, in-, dis- Reversative prefixes: de-, dis-, un- Removal prefixes: de-, dis-, un- Manner prefixes: mal-, mis- Degree/size prefixes: arch-, extra-, hyper-, macro-

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Author

Ljung, Magnus

Publisher

Studentlitteratur

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9789144023335

Category

nonfiction