Grammar, Comparative and general--Word formation
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Scope of this subject
Here are entered works on the formation of words in languages by the processes of derivation and compounding. Works on the study and analysis of the structure, forms, and classes of words in languages, including inflection, derivation and compounding are entered under the heading [Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.]
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Names and connections
Derivational morphology; Grammar, Comparative and general--Derivation; Word formation
- Broader: Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology
- Narrower: Amalgams (Linguistics)
- Narrower: Calques
- Narrower: Grammar, Comparative and general--Compound words
- Narrower: Portmanteau words
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Numeric address and provenance
Morton address: 903117152951879172 · morton4x16-v1
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