{"product_id":"reflections-on-english-word-formation-hardback-9781009559973","title":"Reflections on English Word-Formation (Hardback) 9781009559973","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReflections on English Word-Formation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOffers a new way of looking at the phenomenon of word-formation in English through re-evaluating some of its central tenets.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaurie Bauer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009559973, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages\u003cbr\u003e28 x 19 x 2 cm, 0.523 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The book is well-suited for readers seeking a deeper understanding of morphology, encouraging reflection, critical inquiry, and active engagement with the subject. From a personal point of view, Prof. Bauer's expertise on the subject matter combined with a careful understanding of the reader's needs and the prominent presence of her own voice enriches the reading experience and positions the book as an essential work for a comprehensive exploration of the subject, while remaining particularly accessible and engaging.' Ana González-Martínez, Linguist List\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWe are all familiar with coming across a new word, whether it has just been invented or whether we have just not met it before. How do we invent new words? How do we understand words that we have never heard before? What are the limits on the kinds of words we produce? How have linguists and grammarians dealt with the phenomenon of creating new words, and how justified are their ways of viewing such words? In this concise and compelling book, Professor Bauer, one of the world's best-known morphologists, looks back over fifty years of his work, seeking out overlooked patterns in word-formation, and offering new solutions to recurrent problems. Each section deals with a different morphological problem, meaning that the book can either be read from start to finish, or alternatively used as a concise reference work on the key issues and problems in the field.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eConventions and abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Basic Questions: 2. Reflections on the background to the study of word-formation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reflections on why we need word-formation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Reflections on the recognition of novelty in words\u003cbr\u003e 5. Reflections on blocking and competition\u003cbr\u003e 6. Reflections on potential and norm\u003cbr\u003e 7. Reflections on definition by stipulation and on word-class\u003cbr\u003e 8. Reflections on analogical word-formation\u003cbr\u003e 9. Reflections on the nature of the lexeme\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Semantic Questions: 10. Reflections on how words mean and what this implies for complex words\u003cbr\u003e 11. Reflections on tautology and redundancy\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Syntactic Questions: 12. Reflections on recursion\u003cbr\u003e 13. Reflections on problems with heads in word-formation\u003cbr\u003e 14. Reflections on coordination in word-formation\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Interfaces: 15. Reflections on the interface between morphology and phonology: morphophonemics\u003cbr\u003e 16. Reflections on the interface between word-formation and syntax\u003cbr\u003e 17. Reflections on the interface between word-formation and phonetics\u003cbr\u003e 18. Reflections on the interface between word-formation and orthography\u003cbr\u003e 19. Reflections on the interface between word-formation and borrowing patterns of word-formation in English\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Patterns of Word-Formation in English: 20. Reflections on the limits of conversion\u003cbr\u003e 21. Reflections on back-formation\u003cbr\u003e 22. Reflections on coordinative compounds\u003cbr\u003e 23. Reflections on the irregularity of prepositions\u003cbr\u003e 24. Reflections on reduplication\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Historical Questions: 25. Reflections on dead morphology\u003cbr\u003e 26. Reflections on compounds in English and in wider Germanic\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Questions Involving Inflection: 27. Reflections on inflection inside word-formation\u003cbr\u003e 28. Reflections on canonical form\u003cbr\u003e 29. Reflections on the spread of regular inflection to simple and derived forms\u003cbr\u003e 30. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415661146392,"sku":"9781009559973","price":60.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009559973i.jpg?v=1784420602","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reflections-on-english-word-formation-hardback-9781009559973","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}