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This popular introductory textbook offers a lively and comprehensive introduction to current morphological theory and analysis, enabling beginners to approach current literature in the subject with confidence. Part I develops students'' understanding of traditional and structuralist notions of word structure and provides them with a firm grounding in word structure and word formation. Part II explores the relationship between morphology and phonology, while Part III looks at morphology in relation to syntax and the lexicon. Numerous practical exercises which involve formulating hypotheses and testing them against linguistic data cement the reader''s understanding of the field.This accessible introduction to morphology is an ideal resource for students of English and linguistics and their teachers.New to this Edition:- Fully revised throughout, with updated discussions to reflect changes in the field and an expanded list of suggestions for further reading- Brand-new chapter on Optimality Theory>
List of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Symbols
The International Phonetic Alphabet
PART I: BACKGROUND
Introduction
Introduction to Word-Structure
Types of Morphemes
Productivity in Word Formation
PART II: MORPHOLOGY AND ITS RELATION TO PHONOLOGY
Introducing Lexical Morphology
Insights from Lexical Morphology
Lexical Morphology: An Appraisal
Templatic Morphology
Templatic and Prosodic Morphology
Optimality Theory and Morphology
PART III: MORPHOLOGY AND ITS RELATION TO THE LEXICON AND SYNTAX
Inflectional Morphology
Morphological Mapping of Grammatical Functions
The Interpretation of the Lexicon, Morphology, and Syntax
Glossary
References
Index.
About the author
Francis Katamba, John Stonham
