384 Pages
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Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
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This new edition of Understanding Morphology has been fully revised in line with the latest research. It now includes 'big picture' questions to highlight central themes in morphology, as well as research exercises for each chapter.
Understanding Morphology presents an introduction to the study of word structure that starts at the very beginning. Assuming no knowledge of the field of... Read more
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Basic concepts
3. Rules
4. Lexicon
5. Inflection and derivation
6. Productivity
7. Morphological trees
8. Inflectional paradigms
9. Words and phrases
10. Morphophonology
11. Morphology and valence
12. Frequency effects in morphology
Key to comprehension exercises
References
Glossary of technical terms
Language index
Subject index
Preface to the first edition
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Basic concepts
3. Rules
4. Lexicon
5. Inflection and derivation
6. Productivity
7. Morphological trees
8. Inflectional paradigms
9. Words and phrases
10. Morphophonology
11. Morphology and valence
12. Frequency effects in morphology
Key to comprehension exercises
References
Glossary of technical terms
Language index
Subject index
Biography
Martin Haspelmath is a Senior Researcher in the Linguistics Department of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and an Honorary Professor at the University of Leipzig.
Andrea D. Sims is Assistant Professor of Slavic Linguistics at The Ohio State University.
"The revisions are really excellent. They keep the wealth of typological examples in the first edition, while incorporating a deep and clear discussion of recent advances in the theory of productivity and change. This updated training for students will certainly raise the level of the field."
Janet B. Pierrehumbert, Professor of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA
