Morphology in English: Word Formation in Cognitive Grammar

by Zeki Hamawand

Overview

Covers derivational and compound word formation in English morphology in depth, using a cognitive linguistics semantic framework.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826419460
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/08/2011
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Zeki Hamawand is a Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Kirkuk, Iraq. His previous publications include A temporal Complement Causes in English: A Cognitive Grammar Analysis (2002), Suffixal Rivalry in Adjective Formation: A Cognitive-Corpus Analysis (2007), Morpho-Lexical Alternation in Noun Formation (2008), and The Semantics of English Negative Prefixes (2009).

Table of Contents

Fundamentals
Part I: Framework
1. Cognitive assumptions
2. Cognitive mechanisms
3. Cognitive operations
Part II: Prefixation
4.Prefixal categories
5. Prefixal domains
6. Prefixal construals
Part III: Suffixation
7. Suffixal categories
8. Suffixal domains
9. Suffixal construals
Part IV: Compounding
10. Compound categories
11. Compounding domains
12. Compound construals
Appendices
Further Reading
Glossary
Answers to Exercises
Indexes

Editorial Reviews

Hamawand's textbook represents a novel model of linguistic analysis. It introduces the core areas of morphology in a refreshing and lively way. It is well-structured, lucidly written and nicely presented.

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