Morphology: Palgrave Modern Linguistics (Macmillan Modern Linguistics, 12) - Softcover

Katamba, Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403916446 ISBN 13: 9781403916440

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2006

Synopsis

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 particular area.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Morphology is a lively, comprehensive introduction to current morphological theory and analysis, designed to take absolute beginners to a point where they can approach the current literature in the subject. This revised and updated second edition contains numerous in-text exercises which involve the reader in doing morphology by formulating hypotheses and testing them against data from English and numerous other languages. It also features an additional chapter on optimality theory and an expanded list of reading suggestions to take the student further into a particular area.

The book is divided into three parts:

- Part I surveys traditional and structuralist notions of word-structure which still provide the necessary background to morphological investigations
- Part II explores the relationship between the lexicon, morphology and phonology in current generative grammar
- Part III examines issues in the interaction between the lexicon, morphology and syntax.

Stimulating and easy-to-follow, this is an essential guide to a fundamental subject within the field of linguistics.

About the Author:

FRANCIS KATAMBA is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Lancaster, UK. His books include An Introduction to Phonology (Longman, 1989), English Words (Routledge, 1994) and Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction 3e (with William O'Grady and Michael Dobrovolsky, Pearson).

JOHN STONHAM is Reader in Linguistics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. His publications include Linguistic Theory and Complex Words (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) and Combinatorial Morphology (Benjamins, 1994).

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1403916446
• ISBN 13: 9781403916440
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400