The Grammar of Words An Introduction to Linguistic Morphology

by Booij, Geert

• ISBN13: 9780199226245
• ISBN10: 0199226245
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Geert Booij's popular textbook examines how words are formed, compounded, and inflected in different languages. It shows how, when, and why to use methods of morphological analysis and explains how morphology relates to syntax, phonology, and semantics. The author considers the universal characteristics of morphology and how these are reflected in the workings of mind. The revised edition has been revised and updated throughout; it has a full glossary and a new chapter on the field's most notorious problem: the status of the word. 'The Grammar of Words by Geert Booij covers a broad range of topics from structural questions to psycholinguistic issues and problems of language change. This introduction to morphology is thorough and accessible and, like other works by this renowned author, especially strong at showing the significance of empirical facts for theoretical reasoning.'Ingo Plag, University of Siegen

Table of Contents

Typographic Conventions	p. vii
Abbreviations and Symbols	p. viii
List of Figures	p. xi
List of Tables	p. xii
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xiii
Preface to the First Edition	p. xiv
What is Linguistic Morphology?	p. 1
Morphology: basic notions	p. 3
Morphological analysis	p. 27
Word-Formation	p. 49
Derivation	p. 51
Compounding	p. 75
Inflection	p. 97
Inflection	p. 99
Inflectional systems	p. 125
Interfaces	p. 151
The interface between morphology and phonology	p. 153
Morphology and syntax: demarcation and interaction	p. 185
Morphology and semantics	p. 207
Morphology and Mind	p. 229
Morphology and psycholinguistics	p. 231
Morphology and language change	p. 255
Conclusions	p. 279
The word as a linguistic unit	p. 281
Answers to questions	p. 295
Glossary of terms	p. 307
References	p. 325
Language index	p. 339
Index of terms	p. 341
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