Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-358) and index.
Synopsis
This is an introductory textbook on morphology, how words are formed--one of the building blocks of linguistic theory and analysis, along with phonetics and syntax. "Morphology" is a required course in most linguistics departments. This revised edition updates the theory and includes many more new exercises. There is a new chapter on morphology and the brain.
Synopsis
A newly expanded and updated edition of one of the best-selling introductions to linguistic morphology--the study and description of word formations in languages--that deals with inflection, derivation, and compounding, the system of word-forming elements and processes in a language. Basic concepts are introduced, with an abundance of examples from a range of familiar and exotic languages, followed by a discussion of, among other topics, the definition of word-form, productivity, inflection versus derivation, and the position of morphology to phonology--the science of speech sounds, especially the history and theory of sound changes in a language. Along with two new chapters discussing morphology and the brain and how morphology arises, changes, and disappears, this new edition includes exercises and a glossary of key terms.