Introducing linguistic morphology / Laurie Bauer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bauer, Laurie, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2003]

Summary:

An expanded and updated new edition of this best-selling introduction to linguistic morphology. The text guides the reader from the very first principles of the internal structure of words through to advanced issues of current controversy. The first part of the book introduces basic concepts, with the help of examples from a range of familiar and exotic languages. The second section highlights particularly important topics, and discusses them in more detail. These include the definition of the word-form, productivity, the vexed problems of inflection versus derivation and the nature of the morpheme, and the position of morphology in relation to phonology and syntax. The third section looks at the theory of morphology, considering fundamental problems such as the nature of morphological universals, how the brain deals with morphologically complex words and how morphology changes over time, but also with individual ways of looking at morphology, including natural morphology, word-and-paradigm and level-ordered models.Key Features:New chapters on morphology and the brain and diachronic morphologyExercises added at the end of each chapterIncludes a glossary of key terms

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

PART ONE Fundamentals

1 Introduction

2 The Basic Units

3 The Morphological Structure of Words

PART TWO Elaboration

4 Defining the Word-Form

5 Productivity

6 Inflection and Derivation

7 What is a Morpheme?

8 The Domain of Morphology

PART THREE Issues

9 Recognising Morphemes

10 Lexicalist Morphology

11 Word-and-Paradigm Morphology

12 Non-Linear Approaches to Morphology

13 Morphological Typology and Universals

14 Natural Morphology

15 Diachronic Morphology

16 Morphology in the Mind

Appendix A: Morphological analysis

Appendix B: Discussion of selected exercises

Appendix C: Glossary

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474464284

1474464289

OCLC:

1147274043