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Affixes and derivatives across the humanities and social sciences /

"Examines word-formation patterns in academic writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences offering rich insights into English derivation"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Twardzisz, Piotr, 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.
Subjects:
English language > Word formation.
English language > Affixes.
Academic language.
Academic writing.
Corpora (Linguistics)
Humanities > Study and teaching (Higher)
Social sciences > Study and teaching (Higher)
Langage académique.
Écriture savante.
Corpus (Linguistique)
Academic language
Academic writing
English language > Word formation
English language > Affixes
Table of Contents:
  • Written academic English
  • Derivational morphology
  • COCA-based affixal statistics
  • COCA-based lists of derivatives
  • Discussion of the results of COCA-based research
  • Results of close reading
  • Discussion of the results of close reading
  • Both analyses revisited.