Morphology / P.H. Matthews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, P. H. (Peter Hugoe), author.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.

Cambridge textbooks in linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is an updated and substantially revised edition of Peter Matthews's well-known Morphology, first published in 1974. It includes chapters on inflectional and lexical morphology, derivational processes and productivity, compounds, paradigms, and much new material on markedness and other aspects of iconicity. As in the first edition, the theoretical discussion is eclectic and critical: its scope ranges from the ancient grammarians to the work of Chomsky and his followers, the disintegration of the classical Chomskyan scheme, and the renewed standing of morphology and historical linguistics in recent years. The examples are drawn from English and other European languages, ancient and modern. The work will appeal both to specialists in particular languages - it contains much original material - and students of general linguistics. For this new edition much now obsolete discussion has been removed and replaced by discussion of current trends, and the further reading sections have been thoroughly updated.

Contents:

Cover

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

General

Tropical cropping systems

Tropical crop/climate relations

Tropical crop/soil relations

Cereals

Cereals in tropical agriculture

Rice (Oryza sativa and O. glaberrima)

Maize (Zea mays)

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)

Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)

Legumes

Crop legumes in tropical agriculture

Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea)

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

Soybean (Glycine max)

Chick pea (Cicer arietinum)

Non-cereal energy crops

Non-cereal energy crops in tropical agriculture

Cassava (Manihot esculenta)

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Yams (Dioscorea species)

Bananas (Musa species)

References

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-99504-0

1-316-03970-6

1-139-16648-4

OCLC:

935276633

Publisher Number:

2027/heb08448 hdl