Sundby, Bertil: English word-formation

Sundby, Bertil: English word-formationIn the early English grammar books, word formation tends to be split between grammar and the lexicon, but in the present monograph it is studies in its own right. The main part of the book is taken up by an alphabetical list of entries clarifying technical terms (e. g. antimeria, decompound, mule words), the use and status of affixes (e. g. ful, hood, like and rival forms such as ance: ence, de : dis , in : un ), problems and principles of