An Introduction to English Morphology
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An Introduction to English Morphology

Words and Their Structure (2nd edition)

  1. 168 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

An Introduction to English Morphology

Words and Their Structure (2nd edition)

About this book

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. Features: * presupposes no linguistic training * aimed at students of English (literature or language) and also provides a sound basis for further linguistic study * contains ample exercise material, with answers and discussion, which can serve as models for further exercises

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Information

Publisher
EUP
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781474428989
Edition
2
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Linguistics
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. An Introduction to English Morphology
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. 1 Introduction
  6. 2 Words, sentences and dictionaries
  7. 3 A word and its parts
  8. 4 A word and its forms
  9. 5 A word and its relatives
  10. 6 Compound words, blends and phrasal words
  11. 7 A word and its structure
  12. 8 Productivity
  13. 9 The historical sources of English word formation
  14. 10 Conclusion
  15. Discussion of the exercises
  16. References
  17. Index