Extra-Grammatical Morphology in English: Abbreviations, Blends, Reduplicatives, and Related Phenomena

By Elisa Mattiello

Extra-grammatical morphology is a hitherto neglected area of research, highly marginalised because of its irregularity and unpredictability. Yet many neologisms in English are formed by means of extra-grammatical mechanisms, such as abbreviation, blending and reduplication, which therefore deserve both greater attention and more systematic study. This book analyses such phenomena.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110293862
• ISBN13: 9783110293869
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary