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Typological changes in the lexicon : analytic tendencies in English noun formation /
The book takes a new look at the typological change of English from a synthetic towards an analytic language, focusing on the lexical domain. It presents empirical data that document a considerable decline in the use of synthetic structures in the history of English noun formation and relates them t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
De Gruyter Mouton,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Topics in English linguistics ;
72. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The book takes a new look at the typological change of English from a synthetic towards an analytic language, focusing on the lexical domain. It presents empirical data that document a considerable decline in the use of synthetic structures in the history of English noun formation and relates them to other typological changes in English morphology, showing the global structural reorganization of the language. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 316 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110238211 3110238217 1283165759 9781283165754 9786613165756 6613165751 3112158849 9783112158845 |