Register Variation in Word-formation Processes

investigating word-formation process of compounding in

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A Rare Bilateral Variation in the Formation of Median Nerve

The median nerve is formed by fusion of lateral (C5-C7) and medial (C8, T1) cords from the brachial plexus. Bilateral variations in the formation of median nerve are very rare. One of such variations was observed during the dissection of the upper limb of approximately a 30-35-year-old man cadaver, according to Grant s method. The median nerve was formed by the union of three roots on both side...

Productivity in Word Formation

Word-formation in English

published by the press syndicate of the university of cambridge A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Plag, Ingo. Word-formation in English / Ingo Plag. p. cm. – (Cambridge textbooks in linguistics) Includes bibliographical references (p.) and indexes. Contents Preface page xi Abbreviations and notational conve...

Word Order Variation in Khoekhoe

This paper examines word order variation in Khoekhoe (short for Khoekhoegowab, also known as Nama/Damara), a Central Khoisan language spoken in Namibia and South Africa. Khoekhoe has been claimed repeatedly to have a clause-second position (Washburn 2001, den Besten 2002, Brugman 2009) and to have topological fields similar to German (Witzlack-Makarevich 2006). However, previous generative anal...