English Lexicogenesis /

English Lexicogenesis investigates the processes by which novel words are coined in English, and how they are variously discarded or adopted, and frequently then adapted. Gary Miller looks at the roles of affixation, compounding, clipping, and blending in the history of lexicogenesis, including proc...

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Main Author: Miller, D. Gary
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:Oxford linguistics.
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Online Access:CONNECT