Syllabus
Introduction to Word Formation - basic concepts, typologies
Prefixation & Suffixation
Productivity, WF and corpus linguistics
Compounding & Combining forms
Shortening & Blending
Conversion
Borrowing and minor word-formation processes
Semantic shift – metaphor, metonymy, etc.
Cognitive aspects of word-formation
Onomasiological approach to WF
Annotation
An introduction to theoretical and practical description of the English lexicon: The first part of English lexicology, word-formation, provides a survey of the word-formation means employed in the lexicon, its innovation and dynamics.