The Grammar of Words: An Introduction to Linguistic Morphology (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics) - Softcover

Booij, Geert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199691835 ISBN 13: 9780199691838

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Geert Booij's popular textbook on the structure of words has been revised and updated in a third edition. The book covers every aspect of morphological theory and the analysis of words. It is the only introductory text to explore the role of morphology in language processing and language change, and also deals with the relation between morphology and other modules of grammar. The book includes a full glossary and exercises with answers.

- revised and updated
- with a glossary of terms
- exercises and suggestions for further reading
- the clearest and most readable text on the market

About this title

About the Author

Geert Booij is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Leiden, the author of The Morphology of Dutch (2002) and Construction Morphology (2010), both published at Oxford University Press, and founder and editor of the journal Morphology.

Review

Review from previous edition: "Well-organized and written, coherent and clear.... Covers a great range of morphological concepts, patterns and issues." --Linguist List

"carefully edited...a well-balanced overview of the major issues in morphology while serving at the same time both a pedagogical and a descriptive purpose in a field in which textbooks have for a long time been rare." --AnaDyaz-Negrillo and Salvador Valera Hernandez, English Language and Linguistics 04/04/2008

'This is a solid work, which nevertheless moves along at a brisk pace and points at many further issues that could be fruitfully studied in follow-up work...we can thoroughly recommend this work." --The Year's Work in English Studies

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199691835
• ISBN 13: 9780199691838
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 353