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Harley, Heidi,

English words : a linguistic introduction / Heidi Harley. - xvii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is a word? -- Sound and fury : English phonology -- Phonological words : calling all scrabble players! -- Where do words come from? -- Pre- and suf-fix-es : Engl-ish morph-o-log-y -- Morphological idiosyncrasies -- Lexical semantics : the structure of meaning, the meaning of structure -- Children learning words -- Accidents of history : English in flux.

ISBN: 0631230327 9780631230328

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English language--Word formation.
English language--Morphology.
English language--Phonology.
English language--Semantics.

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Index Terms--Genre/Form: --Reading book

Dewey Class. No.: 425 / HAR