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Morphological Theory and the Morphology of English Jan Don

Morphological Theory and the Morphology of English By Jan Don

Morphological Theory and the Morphology of English by Jan Don


Summary

A textbook introduction to morphological theory in the context of English. It offers graduate students and advanced undergraduate students in linguistics an accessible entry point to the primary literature in the field of morphology. It specifically focuses on generative theories of morphology.

Morphological Theory and the Morphology of English Summary

Morphological Theory and the Morphology of English by Jan Don

This is a textbook introduction to morphological theory in the context of English. This introduction to morphology offers graduate students and advanced undergraduate students in linguistics an accessible entry point to the primary literature in the field of morphology. The book specifically focuses on generative theories of morphology. It offers a thorough introduction to the many issues which have shaped the field of morphology over the last few decades and in doing so prepares students for further reading and research in the subject. Topics covered include derivation versus inflection, lexical versus syntactic models of morphology, synthetic compounds and storage versus computation. It provides an entry point to the primary literature in the field of morphology. It includes suggestions for further reading into this complex area. It includes exercises designed to test understanding of the key theories and issues.

About Jan Don

Jan Don is Associate Professor of the University of Amsterdam.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Knowledge of Words; 2. Word-formation in the lexicon; 3. Inflectional morphology; 4. Argument-structure: nominalization; 5. Argument-structure: derived verbs; 6. Analogy, Storage and rules; Suggestions for further reading; Exercises.

Additional information

NGR9780748645121
9780748645121
0748645128
Morphological Theory and the Morphology of English by Jan Don
New
Paperback
Edinburgh University Press
2014-05-13
216
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