Introducing Linguistic Morphology

by Laurie Bauer

Book Overview

A newly expanded and updated edition of one of the best-selling introductions to linguistic morphology-the study and description of word formations in languages-that deals with inflection, derivation, and compounding, the system of word-forming elements and processes in a language. Basic concepts are introduced, with an abundance of examples from a range of familiar and exotic languages, followed by a discussion of, among other topics, the definition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878403434
• ISBN13: 9780878403431
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

An excellent, scholarly instructional text

Now in its second and newly expanded edition, Introducing Linguistic Morphology by Laurie Bauer (Professor of Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) is a revised textbook which presents the morphology changing word formations in human languages. An informed, informative, scholarly text consistently presented in a clear, detailed, and readily accessible manner, Introducing Linguistic Morphology comprehensively covers inflection, derivation, compounding, word-forming elements and processes, and much more. An excellent, scholarly instructional text, Introducing Linguistic Morphology is suitable and highly recommended for introductory level college study linguistic curriculums as well as individual linguistics studies self-instruction reading lists.