Morphology: An Introduction to the Theory of Word-Structure
(Part of the Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics Series and Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics Series)
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Book Overview
This is an updated and substantially revised edition of Peter Matthews's well-known Morphology, first published in 1974. It includes chapters on inflectional and lexical morphology, derivational... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0521204488
ISBN13:9780521204484
Release Date:October 1974
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:253 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
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Great update of a classic.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Peter Matthews' textbook (1st edition from 1974) is definitely THE classic textbook on morphology for its time and context (late 20th century post-Chomsky American linguistics). Unlike other introductory morphology textbooks, it places little emphasis on the latest theories of the month, focusing instead on the major problems faced in describing systematically the structure of words in various languages. It does this through extended, careful examination of concrete language data. Yet at the same time, the book has historically played an important role in the development of morphology in the US during the last 30 years, by articulating the basics of the Word-and-Paradigm approach to morphology as an alternative to the traditional structuralist dichotomy (Item-and-Arrangement vs. Item-and-Process).This is just the best place for a student of morphology to start.
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