Description
An original study of the formation of compounds, and what syntactic, structural and semantic criteria determine their spelling and usage.
About the Author
Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer is a senior lecturer in English linguistics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen. She has published widely on many diverse topics. Her books include Consociation and Dissociation: An Empirical Study of Word-Family Integration in English and German (2008), Studies in Variation, Contacts and Change in English Volume 16: Can We Predict Linguistic Change? (2015) and Variational Text Linguistics: Revisiting Register in English (2016).
Reviews
'The investigation successfully explains why and how English compounds are orthographically represented ... The book will therefore prove convenient mainly for researchers with an interest in morphology and the lexicon who appreciate an empirical corpus-based approach to language. These readers will readily recognise the vast majority of concepts and models discussed, and at the same time they will easily become familiarized with the new ones thanks to the clear distribution of contents, evolving from simpler to more complex. All in all, this publication is a valuable resource for anyone who wishes to understand the variables affecting compound spelling and has previous experience in corpus analysis and research.' Jesus Fernandez-Dominguez, LINGUIST List
Book Information
ISBN 9781316647905
Author Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer
Format Paperback
Page Count 418
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 590g
Dimensions(mm) 150mm * 230mm * 25mm