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In the study of word formation, the focus has often been on generating the form. In this book, the semantic aspect of the formation of new words is central. It is viewed from the perspectives of word formation rules and of lexicalization. Each chapter concentrates on a specific question about a theoretical concept or a word formation process in a particular language and adopts a theoretical framework that is appropriate to the study of this question. From general theoretical concepts of productivity and lexicalization, the focus moves to terminology, compounding, and derivation. The theoreti

Lexicology. Semantics --- Grammar --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Semantics, Comparative. --- Lexicology. --- English language --- Language and languages --- Comparative semantics --- Derivational morphology --- Word formation --- Word formation. --- Lexicology --- Semantics --- Derivation --- Morphology --- Linguistics --- Philology