Word Structure

by Richard Coates

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134625208
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/11/2002
Series:	Language Workbooks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	270 KB

About the Author

Richard Coates is lecturer at the University of Sussex

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Provides an introduction to morphology by taking apart words, primarily but not exclusively English, to see how they work as part of the system of the language they belong to. Includes exercises with answers throughout. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

'Language Workbooks series provide a complete introduction to morphology.' - Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts

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