I-IV -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Psycholinguistic research in morphology -- 3. Formal concepts: model-building -- 4. The semantics of word-formation -- 5. Productivity and norm -- 6. Historical investigation: sources and parameters -- 7. Systemic development of denominal adjective derivation in German: 16th - 19th centuries -- 8. Discussion and conclusions: word-formation morphology and the nature of change -- Notes -- References -- Index