Editor-in-chief:
Boris Kern
Year:
2026
Multistage word formation is a methodology that goes beyond the analysis of a binary relationship between a motivating and motivated word. Instead, it captures broader sets of words comprising all direct and indirect derivatives formed from the same non-derived word-formation base. This approach is particularly well established for Slavic languages, which are characterized by multistage derivation—for example, in Slovenian: gledati ‘to watch’ → pregledati ‘to examine’ → pregledovati ‘to examine (imperfective)’ → pregledovalec ‘examiner’ → pregledovalčev ‘examiner’s’). Such treatment of the lexicon allows more comprehensive insight into a language’s word-formation—and, in parallel, meaning-formation—mechanisms.
This is the most extensive multilingual volume on multistage word formation, presenting thirty-six studies across fourteen languages. It provides a highly important stimulus for multistage analyses in Slavic linguistics, particularly through strengthening indispensable language-technology segments of research. A special value of the volume lies in its multilingual and interdisciplinary scope and in the inclusion of Slovenian Sign Language, which extends reflection on “formation” beyond spoken languages.
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Editor-in-chief
Other authors
individual contributions
Milan Ajdžanović, Lidija Arizankovska, Cvetanka Avramova
, Ivana Bozděchová
, Iwona Burkacka
, Jaka Čibej
, Rajna Dragićević, Metka Furlan
, Lidiia Hnatiuk
, Lana Hudeček, Nicol Janočková, Boštjan Jerko, Ievgeniia Karpilovska
, Boris Kern
, Zinaida Kharіtonchіk
, Elena Koriakowcewa
, Paweł Kowalski
, Marjetka Kulovec, Larysa Kysliuk, Nina Ledinek
, Andreja Legan Ravnikar
, Ľudmila Liptáková
, Aliaksandr Lukashanets
, Elena Lukashanets
, Milica Mihaljević, Goran Milašin
, Sanja Miletić
, Sonja Nenezić
, Aleksey Nikitevich
, Gjoko Nikolovski, Martin Ološtiak
, Senja Pollak
, Marko Pranjić
, Katarina Stegnar, Irena Stramljič Breznik
, Amela Šehović
, Ivana Šrámeková, Gordana Štasni
, Barbara Štebih Golub
, Gordana Štrbac
, Branko Tošović
, Ines Voršič
, Maria Zofia Wtorkowska
, Andreja Žele
individual contributions
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Publishing House:
Založba ZRC
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Publisher
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ISBN
978-961-05-1092-5
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Year
2026
Language(s)
English, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Czech, Croatian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Ukrainian
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Specifications
paperback 17 × 24 cm 616 pages
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E-publications
14. 10. 2025
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