A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reade

This work goes back to the sources of modern English words and studies the development of vocabulary over time. It examines what constitutes a word, with a disc

A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reade

Complex Words in English presents a comprehensive account of present-day word formation in English. Starting with a discussion of some basic issues, including t

This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the study of word-formation, that is, the ways in which new words are built on the bases of other words (e.