Word Structure
Published on 11. September 2002
112 pages
978-1-134-62521-5 (ISBN)
Description
Word Structure, provides a complete introduction to morphology, the study of the structure of words. Word Structure:
* examines how words work as part of the language system
* encourages readers to take an objective and analytic approach
* refers to a wealth of languages, including Turkish and Latin, to illustrate points raised
* provides clear and succinct summaries at the end of each unit.
* examines how words work as part of the language system
* encourages readers to take an objective and analytic approach
* refers to a wealth of languages, including Turkish and Latin, to illustrate points raised
* provides clear and succinct summaries at the end of each unit.
Reviews / Votes
'Language Workbooks series provide a complete introduction to morphology.' - Linguistics and Language Behaviour AbstractsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
21 Tables, black and white
File size
0,99 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-62521-5 (9781134625215)
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Person
Richard Coates is lecturer at the University of Sussex
Content
Using this book, Acknowledgements, 1. Dividing words up, 2. Words and paradigms, 3. Lexical and grammatical morphology, 4. Roots, bases, stems and other structural things, 5. Compound and complex bases, 6. Identifying grammatical morphemes, 7. Where to fix affixes, 8. Word-formation by reduction, 9. Allomorphy: books with more than one cover, 10. Allomorphy in other languages, Where next?, Answers to exercises, Technical terms index, Language index
