The first part of the term paper presents different types of Early Modern English (EME) word-formation processes, in which the main focus is on a detailed description of inflection and derivation as well as compounds. Moreover, a comparisson between these processes and the influence of classical loanwords and loanwords from other languages is to be made, trying to answer the question: In how far did loanwords influence EME word-formation processes?
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Word-formation processes
2.1 Inflection and Derivation
2.2 Compounds
2.3 Other word-formation processes
3. Loanwords and their influence
3.1 Classical loans
3.2 Loanwords from other languages
4. Conclusion
5. Bibliographical References