Morphology (Modern Linguistics Series - Second Edition)

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Author: Francis Katamba

ISBN-10: 1403916446

ISBN-13: 9781403916440

Category: Linguistics & Semiotics

This is a lively, comprehensive introduction to current morphological theory and analysis is designed to take absolute beginners to a point where they can approach the current literature in the subject. This updated second edition contains numerous in-text exercises that involve the reader in doing morphology by formulating hypotheses and testing them against data from English and numerous other languages, as well as additional reading suggestions to take the student further into a...

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This six volume collection draws together the most significant contributions to morphological theory and analysis, including foundational articles of the mid-twentieth century and more recent articles that consider the concept within a broader context. By comparing the stances taken by the different schools about the important issues, researchers are able to judge the merits of each, with the benefit of evidence rather than prejudice.

1Introduction32Introduction to word-structure173Types of morphemes424Productivity in word-formation675Introducing lexical morphology896Insights from lexical morphology1117Lexical morphology : an appraisal1338Templatic morphology1549Templatic and prosodic morphology18010Optimality theory and morphology20411Inflectional morphology22312Morphological mapping of grammatical functions26713The interpretation of the lexicon, morphology and syntax304