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 processes and productivity, compounds, paradigms, and much new material on markedness and other aspects of iconicity. As in the first edition, the theoretical discussion is eclectic and critical: its scope ranges from the ancient grammarians to the work of Chomsky and his followers, the disintegration of the classical Chomskyan scheme, and the renewed standing of morphology and historical linguistics in recent years. The examples are drawn from English and other European languages, both ancient and modern. The work will appeal to both specialists in particular languages--it contains much original material--and students of general linguistics. For this new edition much now obsolete discussion has been removed and replaced by discussion of current trends, and the further reading sections have been thoroughly updated.
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"Since its original publication in 1974, Morphology has remained the most lucid demonstration of the limitations of morpheme-based analyses and of the indispensability of Word-and-Paradigm (WP) morphology; in its newly updated form, it stands agaiin as the best available introduction to the fundamental issues in morphological theory, suitable for introductory courses at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level...what is truly impressive is how much of the book has not needed to be changed and remains as compelling and pertinent now as it was two decades ago." Language
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Originally published in 1974, this updated and substantially revised edition includes chapters on inflectional and lexical morphology, derivational processes and productivity, compounds, paradigms, and much new material on markedness and other aspects of iconicity.
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Great update of a classic.,
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This review is from: Morphology (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) (Paperback)
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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I hated having to use this text in my morphology class. It does cover all of the major issues and concepts, but does so in roundabout way. I often found the book confusing and had to reference online resources to make sense of it.If you are going to be teaching a course in morphology, please look for a book that is more student friendly.
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In the traditional view of language, words are put together to form sentences. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
established lexemes, potential lexeme, flectional languages, inflectional formations, basic allomorph, extended exponence, form that underlies, complex lexemes, morphophonemic processes, lexical formative, simple exponent, morphosyntactic categories, lexical morphology, inflectional class, partial paradigm, one lexeme, alveolar plosive, natural morphology, different lexemes, same lexeme, primary articulation, inflectional morphology, one morpheme, ancient grammarians, dying generations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Past Participle, Past Tense, Ancient Greek, Genitive Singular, Nominative Singular, Genitive Plural, Accusative Singular, Present Indicative, Cambridge University Press, Dative Plural, Imperfect Indicative, Modern Greek, Future Participle, New York, Past Perfective, Ablative Plural, Nominative Plural, The Hague, Dative Singular, Head Noun, Noun Phrase, Singular Plural Nominative, United States, Classical Chinese, Open Unrounded New!
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In the traditional view of language, words are put together to form sentences. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
established lexemes, potential lexeme, flectional languages, inflectional formations, basic allomorph, extended exponence, form that underlies, complex lexemes, morphophonemic processes, lexical formative, simple exponent, morphosyntactic categories, lexical morphology, inflectional class, partial paradigm, one lexeme, alveolar plosive, natural morphology, different lexemes, same lexeme, primary articulation, inflectional morphology, one morpheme, ancient grammarians, dying generations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Past Participle, Past Tense, Ancient Greek, Genitive Singular, Nominative Singular, Genitive Plural, Accusative Singular, Present Indicative, Cambridge University Press, Dative Plural, Imperfect Indicative, Modern Greek, Future Participle, New York, Past Perfective, Ablative Plural, Nominative Plural, The Hague, Dative Singular, Head Noun, Noun Phrase, Singular Plural Nominative, United States, Classical Chinese, Open Unrounded New!
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- Structural Linguistics (Midway Reprint Series) by Zellig S. Harris in Front Matter, and page 104
- Syntactic Structures (2nd Edition) by Noam Chomsky in Front Matter, and page 32
- Turkish Grammar by Geoffrey Lewis in Front Matter, and page 108
- The Cambridge Italian Dictionary: Volume 2, English-Italian by Barbara Reynolds on page 53, and page 161
- English Verb (Longman linguistics library ; no. 18) by F.R. Palmer in Front Matter, and page 23
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