MODERN LINGUISTICS – MORPHOLOGY

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MODERN LINGUISTICS – MORPHOLOGY

Each testbook in the Modern Linguistics series is designed to provide a carefully graded introduction to a topic in contemporary linguistics and allied disciplines, presented in a manner that is accessible and attractive to readers with no previous experience of the topic, but leading them to some understanding of current issues. The texts are designed to engage the active participation of the reader, favouring a problem-solving approach and including liberal and varied exercise material.

Description

• Morphology is a lively, comprehensive introduction to morphological theory and analysis in contemporary generative grammar.
• It is designet to take absolute beginners to a point where they can approach the current literature in the subject.
• It contains numerous in-text exercises which involve the reader in doing morphology by formulating hypotheses and testing them against data from English and numerous other languages.
• Although primarily intended to be a course book for use on morphology courses, it will also be useful for students taking courses in the closely related sub-fields of phonology and syntax.

The book is divided into three parts:

• Part 1 surveys traditional and structuralist notions of word-structure which still provide the necessary background to morphological investigations.
• Part 2 explores the  relationship between the lexicon morphology and phonology in current generative grammar.
• Part 3 examines issues in the interaction between the lexicon, morphology and syntax.

Product details

• Paperback: 354 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave, Macmillan
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 9780333541142