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This book is a contribution to the study of morphological productivity, that is, the property of word-formation processes whereby new words are created to satis

Why are there more English words ending in -ness than ending in -ity? What is it about some endings that makes them more widely usable than others? Can we measu

In this work, the author proposes three criteria for measuring productivity of word formation processes, which together make up a reliable methodology for evalu

Although the illustrative material is drawn principally from English, general points are illustrated with a variety of languages to provide a new perspective on

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.