Cover; Word-Formation in the World's Languages; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on language-specific symbols; Cirecire; Jaqaru; Kwakw'ala; Telugu; Totonac; Zulu; Abbreviations; Introduction; Antecedents; Word-Formation in the World's Languages: purpose, method and scope; Purpose; Method; Scope; The structure of the book; PART I: The field of word-formation; 1 The scope of word-formation; 1.1 Inflection vs derivation; 1.1.1 General; 1.1.2 The scope of word-formation; 1.1.3 Ambiguities in the supercategory of quantity; 1.1.3.1 Evaluative morphology.
Summary
A pioneering book establishing the foundations for research into word-formation typology.
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