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Making New Words provides a detailed study of the 200 or so prefixes and suffixes which create new words in today's English. Alongside a systematic discussion of these forms Professor Dixon explores and explains the hundreds of conundrums that seem to be exceptions to general rules. Why for instance do we say un-distinguished (with prefix un-) but in-distinguishable (with in-); why un-ceasing but in-cesssant? Why alongside gold-en do we say silver-y (not silver-en)? Why is it wood-en (not wood-ic) but metall-ic (not metall-en)? After short preliminary chapters which set the scene and outline the criteria employed there are accounts of the derivation of negative words of other derivations which do not change word class on making new verbs new adjectives new nouns and new adverbs. The final chapter deals with combinations of suffixes of prefixes and of the two together. Within each chapter derivational affixes are arranged in semantic groups the members of which are contrasted with respect to meaning and function; for example child-less and child-free. For each affix there is an account of its genetic origin (from Old English Greek Latin French and so on) its phonological form and implications for stress placement the roots it can be attached to (and why) and how its range of meanings has developed over the centuries. The book is written in the author's accustomed style - clear and well-organised with easy-to-understand explanations. The exposition is illustrated by examples ranging from Shakespeare W. S. Gilbert and modern novels to what was heard on the radio. It will be an invaluable text and sourcebook for scholars and students of the English language and of general linguistics from undergraduate level upwards. The many fascinating facts presented here in such a lucid and accessible manner will also appeal to the general reader interested in picking to pieces the English language to see how it works.

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