An Introduction to English Morphology
What exactly are words? Are they the things that get listed in dictionaries, or are they the basic units of sentence structure? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy explores the implications of these different approaches to words in English. He explains the various ways in which words are related to one another, and shows how the history of the English language has affected word structure. Topics include: words, sentences and dictionaries; a word and its parts (roots and affixes); a word and its forms...
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What exactly are words? Are they the things that get listed in dictionaries, or are they the basic units of sentence structure? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy explores the implications of these different approaches to words in English. He explains the various ways in which words are related to one another, and shows how the history of the English language has affected word structure. Topics include: words, sentences and dictionaries; a word and its parts (roots and affixes); a word and its forms (inflection); a word and its relatives (derivation); compound words; word structure; productivity; and the historical sources of English word formation.
Acknowledgements1Introduction12Words, sentences and dictionaries43A word and its parts: roots, affixes and their shapes164A word and its forms inflection285A word and its relatives: derivation446Compound words, blends and phrasal words597A word and its structure718Productivity859The historical sources of English word formation10010Conclusion: words in English and in languages generally114Discussion of the exercises120Glossary141References148Index150
