112 Pages
    by Routledge

    112 Pages
    by Routledge

    Word Structure, provides a complete introduction to morphology, the study of the structure of words. Word Structure:
    * examines how words work as part of the language system
    * encourages readers to take an objective and analytic approach
    * refers to a wealth of languages, including Turkish and Latin, to illustrate points raised
    * provides clear and succinct summaries at the end of each unit.

    Using this book, Acknowledgements, 1. Dividing words up, 2. Words and paradigms, 3. Lexical and grammatical morphology, 4. Roots, bases, stems and other structural things, 5. Compound and complex bases, 6. Identifying grammatical morphemes, 7. Where to fix affixes, 8. Word-formation by reduction, 9. Allomorphy: books with more than one cover, 10. Allomorphy in other languages, Where next?, Answers to exercises, Technical terms index, Language index

    Biography

    Richard Coates is lecturer at the University of Sussex

    'Language Workbooks series provide a complete introduction to morphology.' - Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts