This volume offers a valuable overview of recent research into the
semantic aspects of complex words through different theoretical
frameworks. Contributions by experts in the field, both morphologists
and psycholinguists, identify crucial areas of research, present
alternative and complementary approaches to their examination from the
current level of knowledge, and indicate perspectives of research into
the semantics of complex words by raising important questions that need
to be investigated in order to get a more comprehensive picture of the
field.
Recent decades have seen both extensive and intensive development of
various theories of word-formation, however, the semantic aspects of
complex words have, with a few notable exceptions, been rather
neglected. This volume fills that gap by offering articles written by
leading experts in the field from various theoretical backgrounds.