Picture 1 of 1

Stock photo

Understanding Morphology (A Hodder Education Publication) - Picture 1 of 1

A Hodder Education Publication: Understanding Morphology by Andrea Sims and Martin Haspelmath (2010, Trade Paperback)

FashionEmoire99 (372)

100% positive Feedback

Price:

US $31.84

Approximately£23.73

+ $18.46 postage

Estimated delivery Fri, 1 Aug - Tue, 12 Aug

Returns:

30 days return. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay delivery label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.

Condition:

New

Release Date: 2010-12-11. Condition: New. Author: Sims, Andrea D. Qty Available: 1.

About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100340950013

ISBN-139780340950012

eBay Product ID (ePID)102860288

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameUnderstanding Morphology

Publication Year2010

SubjectCommunication Studies, Linguistics / Morphology, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Linguistics / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Psychology

AuthorAndrea Sims, Martin Haspelmath

SeriesA Hodder Education Publication

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight22.4 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width7.6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2011-381483

Reviews"The revisions are really excellent. They keep the wealth of typological examples in the first edition, while incorporating a deep and clear discussion of recent advances in the theory of productivity and change. This updated training for students will certainly raise the level of the field." Janet B. Pierrehumbert, Professor of Linguistics, Northwestern University, USA, The revisions are really excellent. They keep the wealth of typological examples in the first edition, while incorporating a deep and clear discussion of recent advances in the theory of productivity and change. This updated training for students will certainly raise the level of the field.

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal415

Table Of Content1. Introduction 1.1. What is morphology? 1.2. Morphology in different languages 1.3. The goals of morphological research 1.4. A brief user's guide to this book Summary of chapter 1 Further reading Exercises Research skills 2. Lexical units 2.1. Lexems and word forms 2.2. Morphemes as the basic lexical units 2.3. Some difficulties in morpheme analysis 2.4. Words as the basic lexical units 2.5. Reconciling words and morphemes Summary of chapter 2 Further reading Appendix: morpheme-by-morpheme glosses Exercises Research skills 3. Rules 3.1. Productivity 3.2. Formal operations 3.3. The form of morphological rules Summary of chapter 3 Further reading Exercises Research skills 4. Inflection and derivation 4.1. Inflectional categories 4.2. Derivational meanings 4.3. Properties of inflection and derivation 4.4. Conceptualizations in morphological theory 4.5. Associating inflectional properties with words Summary of chapter 4 Further reading Exercises Research skills 5. Productivity 5.1. Possible, actual and occasional words 5.2. Measuring productivity 5.3. Morphological change 5.4. The relationship between morphological change and synchronic productivity 5.5. Restrictions on word-formation rules 5.6. Speakers' knowledge of productivity Summary of chapter 5 Further reading Exercises Research skills 6. The hierarchical structure of words 6.1. Compounding 6.2. Hierarchical structure and head-dependent relations in compounds 6.3. Hierarchical structure and head-dependent relations in derived lexemes 6.4. Parallelism in syntax and morphology Summary of chapter 6 Further reading Exercises 7. Inflectional paradigms 7.1. Types of inflection classes 7.2. Describing global inflection classes 7.3. Inheritance hierarchies 7.4. The role of stmes in inflection 7.5. Syncretism 7.6. Missing cells: defectiveness, deponency and periphrasis 7.7. Syntagmatic and paragigmatic relations in morphology Summary of Chapter 7 Further reading Exercises Research skills 8. Words and phrases 8.1. Diving text into words 8.2. Free forms versus bound forms 8.3. Clitics versus affixes 8.4. Compounds versus phrases 8.5. Lexical integrity Summary of chapter 8 Further reading Exercises Research skills 9. Morphophonology 9.1. Two types of sound alternations 9.3. Process descriptions and sound alternations 9.3. Three types of morphophonological alternations 9.4. The diachrony of morphophonological alternations 9.5. Integrated accounts of phonology and morphology Summary of chapter 9 Further reading Exercises Research skills 10. Morphology and valence 10.1. Valence-changing operations 10.2. Valence in compounding 10.3. Transpositional derivation 10.4. Transpositional inflection Summary of chapter 10 Further reading Exercises Research skills 11. Frequency effects in morphology 11.1. Asymmetries in inflectional categories 11.2. The direction of analogical levelling 11.3. Frequency and irregularity Summary of chapter 11 Further reading Exercises Research skills

Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition

SynopsisThis new edition of Understanding Morphology has been fully revised in line with the latest research. It now includes 'big picture' questions to highlight central themes in morphology, as well as research exercises for each chapter. Understanding Morphology presents an introduction to the study of word structure that starts at the very beginning. Assuming no knowledge of the field of morphology on the part of the reader, the book presents a broad range of morphological phenomena from a wide variety of languages. Starting with the core areas of inflection and derivation, the book presents the interfaces between morphology and syntax and between morphology and phonology. The synchronic study of word structure is covered, as are the phenomena of diachronic change, such as analogy and grammaticalization. Theories are presented clearly in accessible language with the main purpose of shedding light on the data, rather than as a goal in themselves. The authors consistently draw on the best research available, thus utilizing and discussing both functionalist and generative theoretical approaches. Each chapter includes a summary, suggestions for further reading, and exercises. As such this is the ideal book for both beginning students of linguistics, or anyone in a related discipline looking for a first introduction to morphology., Assuming no knowledge of the field of morphology on the part of the reader, Understanding Morphology presents a broad range of morphological phenomena from a wide variety of languages. It has been fully updated in line with the latest research, and has new further reading sections, glossary, and references., This new edition of Understanding Morphology has been fully revised in line with the latest research. It now includes 'big picture' questions to highlight central themes in morphology as well as research exercises for each chapter.Understanding Morphology presents an introduction to the study of word structure that starts at the very beginning. Assuming no knowledge of the field of morphology on the part of the reader, the book presents a broad range of morphological phenomena from a wide variety of languages. Starting with the core areas of inflection and derivation, the book presents the interfaces between morphology and syntax and between morphology and phonology. The synchronic study of word structure is covered as are the phenomena of diachronic change such as analogy and grammaticalization.Theories are presented clearly in accessible language with the main purpose of shedding light on the data, rather than as a goal in themselves. The authors consistently draw on the best research available, thus utilizing and discussing both functionalist and generative theoretical approaches.Each chapter includes a summary, suggestions for further reading, and exercises. As such this is the ideal book for both beginning students of linguistics, or anyone in a related discipline looking for a first introduction to morphology. , This new edition of Understanding Morphology has been fully revised in line with the latest research. It now includes "big picture" questions to highlight central themes in morphology as well as research exercises for each chapter. Understanding Morphology presents an introduction to the study of word structure that starts at the very beginning. Assuming no knowledge of the field of morphology on the part of the reader, the book presents a broad range of morphological phenomena from a wide variety of languages. Starting with the core areas of inflection and derivation, the book presents the interfaces between morphology and syntax and between morphology and phonology. The synchronic study of word structure is covered as are the phenomena of diachronic change such as analogy and grammaticalization. Theories are presented clearly in accessible language with the main purpose of shedding light on the data, rather than as a goal in themselves. The authors consistently draw on the best research available, thus utilizing and discussing both functionalist and generative theoretical approaches. Each chapter includes a summary, suggestions for further reading, and exercises. As such this is the ideal book for both beginning students of linguistics, or anyone in a related discipline looking for a first introduction to morphology.

LC Classification NumberP241