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Typological Changes in the Lexicon: Analytic Tendencies in English Noun Formation (Topics in English Linguistics) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Typological Changes in the LexiconLooks at the typological change of English from a synthetic towards an analytic language, focusing on the lexical domain. This book 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.
Full description- Publisher: Walter de Gruyter & Co
- Published: 31 January 2011
- Format: Hardback 316 pages
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- Categories: Usage & Grammar Guides | Linguistics | Historical & Comparative Linguistics | Lexicography | Communication Studies
- ISBN 13: 9783110238204 ISBN 10: 3110238209
- Sales rank: 891,032
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Full description for Typological Changes in the Lexicon
This 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.
