This reader is part of a five-volume-edition and comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation. Volume 4 studies the mechanisms of diachronic change based on in-depth studies of different languages. The influence of diachronic change on the productivity patterns is addressed as well as the role of language contact.
Peter O. Müller, Erlangen-Nürnberg;
Susan Olsen, Berlin;
Franz Rainer, Wien, Austria.
