1 Introduction and basic concepts 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Overview of the study of word-formation 1.3 Basic concepts 1.3.1 Word-form, lexeme 1.3.2 Morpheme, morph, allomorph 1.3.3 Free and bound morphemes 1.3.4 Root, stem, base 1.3.5 The relationship between lexemes and morphemes 1.3.6 Productivity 1.3.7 Transparency and opacity 1.3.8 Compounding 1.3.9 Complex and simplex 1.3.10 Endocentric, exocentric, appositional and Dvanda 1.4 Summary Further reading Exercises 2 Word structure 3 Lexicalization and institutionalization 4 Productivity and constraints on productivity 5 Phonological issues in word-formation 6 Syntactic and semantic issues in word-formation 7 Word-formation processes 8 The nature of word-formation rules 9 Word-formation in optimality theory 10 Word meaning and context 11 Meaning relations 12 Words in the mind 13 Relationship between lexicology and lexicography References