An Introduction to English Morphology : Words and Their Structure Hardback
by Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy
Part of the Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language series
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Bestselling introduction to English morphology, now revised and updatedWhat exactly are words?
Are they the things that get listed in dictionaries, or are they the basic units of sentence structure? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy explores the implications of these different approaches to words in English.
He explains the various ways in which words are related to one another, and shows how the history of the English language has affected word structure.Topics include: words, sentences and dictionaries; a word and its parts (roots and affixes); a word and its forms (inflection); a word and its relatives (derivation); compound words; word structure; productivity; and the historical sources of English word formation.Requiring no prior linguistic training, this textbook is suitable for undergraduate students of English - literature or language - and provides a sound basis for further linguistic study.The second edition featuresupdated exercises throughout, with answers and discussionfully updated recommendations for further readingrefreshed examples and referencesa completely new introduction and glossary
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- Pages:168 pages
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:31/01/2018
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- ISBN:9781474428965
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:168 pages
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:31/01/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474428965
