Introducing Morphology (Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics)

✍ Scribed by Rochelle Lieber

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 228
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Morphology is the study of how words are put together. A lively introduction to the subject, this textbook is intended for undergraduates with relatively little background in linguistics. Providing data from a wide variety of languages, it includes hands-on activities such as 'challenge boxes', designed to encourage students to gather their own data and analyse it, work with data on websites, perform simple experiments, and discuss topics with each other. There is also an extensive introduction to the terms and concepts necessary for analysing words. Topics such as the mental lexicon, derivation, compounding, inflection, morphological typology, productivity, and the interface of morphology with syntax and phonology expose students to the whole scope of the field. Unlike other textbooks it anticipates the question 'Is it a real word?' and tackles it head on by looking at the distinction between dictionaries and the mental lexicon.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Introducing Morphology......Page 2
Book Series......Page 3
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
The International Phonetic Alphabet......Page 12
Point and manner of articulation of English consonants and vowels......Page 13
CHAPTER 1 What is morphology?......Page 14
CHAPTER 2 Words, dictionaries, and the mental lexicon......Page 24
CHAPTER 3 Lexeme formation: the familiar......Page 44
CHAPTER 4 Productivity and creativity......Page 72
CHAPTER 5Lexeme formation: further afield......Page 88
CHAPTER 6 Inflection......Page 100
CHAPTER7 Typology......Page 130
CHAPTER8 Words andsentences: the interface between morphology and syntax......Page 156
CHAPTER 9 Sounds and shapes: the interface between morphology and phonology......Page 170
CHAPTER 10 Theoretical challenges......Page 190
Glossary......Page 210
References......Page 220
Index......Page 224