Georgetown University Press, 2003 Paper: 978-0-87840-343-1 Library of Congress Classification P241.B38 2003 Dewey Decimal Classification 415
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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 of word-form, productivity, inflection versus derivation, and the position of morphology to phonology—the science of speech sounds, especially the history and theory of sound changes in a language. Along with two new chapters discussing morphology and the brain and how morphology arises, changes, and disappears, this new edition includes exercises and a glossary of key terms.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Laurie Bauer is professor of linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and the author of Morphological Productivity and An Introduction to International Varieties of English.
REVIEWS
-- Richard Coates, professor of linguistics, University of Sussex
-- Dick Hudson, professor of linguistics, University College London
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface
PART ONE Fundamentals
1 Introduction 00
2 The basic units 00
2.1 A close look at words 00
2.2 Elements smaller than the word 00
2.3 Inflection and derivation 00
2.4 Allomorphs and morphemes 00
2.5 Recapitulation 00
3 The morphological structure of words 00
3.1 Word-building processes using affixes 00
3.1.1 Suffixes 00
3.1.2 Prefixes 00
3.1.3 Circumfixes 00
3.1.4 Infixes 00
3.1.5 Interfixes 00
3.1.6 Transfixes 00
3.2 Reduplication 00
3.3 Word-building by modification of the base 00
3.4 Relationships with no change of form 00
3.5 Cases involving shortening bases 00
3.6 Processes involving several lexemes 00
3.7 Alphabet-based formations 00
3.8 Unique morphs 00
3.9 Suppletion 00
3.10 Conclusion 00
PART TWO Elaboration
4 Defining the word-form 00
4.1 Phonological criteria 00
4.1.1 Stress 00
4.1.2 Vowel harmony 00
4.1.3 Phonological processes 00
4.2 Morphological and syntactic criteria 00
5 Productivity 00
5.1 Productivity as a cline 00
5.2 Productivity as synchronic 00
5.3 Potential words and productivity in the individual 00
5.4 Blocking 00
5.5 Defining the productivity of a process 00
5.5.1 So-called limitations on productivity 00
5.5.2 So-called semi-productivity 00
6 Inflection and derivation 00
6.1 Meaning 00
6.2 Derivation may cause a change of category 00
6.3 Inflectional affixes have a regular meaning 00
6.4 Inflection is productive, derivation semi-productive 00
6.5 Derivational affixes are nearer the root than inflectional ones 00
6.6 Derivatives can be replaced by monomorphemic forms 00
6.7 Inflection uses a closed set of affixes 00
6.8 Inflectional morphology is what is relevant to the syntax 00
6.9 A first conclusion 00
6.10 An alternative conclusion 00
7 What is a morpheme? 00
7.1 Problems with morphemes 00
7.2 Some other views of the morpheme 00
7.3 From morpheme to morphome 00
7.4 Can we have morphology without morphemes? 00
8 The domain of morphology 00
8.1 Links with phonology 00
8.2 Links with syntax 00
8.2.1 Clitics 00
8.2.2 Compounds 00
8.3 Concluding remarks 00
PART THREE Issues
9 Recognising morphemes 00
9.1 Affixes 00
9.2 Bases 00
9.3 A proposal for limiting abstractness 00
9.4 What are the alternatives? 00
9.4.1 Phonological 00
9.4.2 Semantic 00
9.4.3 Syntactic 00
9.4.4 Etymological 00
9.4.5 Back to morphs 00
10 Lexicalist morphology 00
10.1 Why the lexicon? 00
10.2 The function of a morphology 00
10.3 Full entry theory 00
10.4 Strata in the morphology 00
10.5 Heads and feature percolation 00
10.6 Other considerations 00
10.7 A closer look at stratal theories 00
10.8 Review: lexicalist morphology 00
11 Word-and-paradigm morphology 00
11.1 The distinctiveness of WP 00
11.2 An example 00
11.3 Synopsis 00
12 Non-linear approaches to morphology 00
12.1 Some concepts and terminology 00
12.2 Arabic transfixes or root-and-pattern morphology 00
12.3 Reduplication 00
12.4 Infixation 00
12.5 Taking it further 00
13 Morphological typology and universals 00
13.1 Morphological typology 00
13.2 Universals concerning order 00
13.3 Implicational universals 00
13.4 Paradigm-centred universals 00
14 Natural morphology 00
14.1 Naturalness 00
14.2 Conflicts of naturalness 00
14.3 Implications 00
14.4 Conclusion 00
15 Diachronic morphology 00
15.1 Where does morphology come from? 00
15.1.1 Reanalysis 00
15.1.2 Grammaticalisation 00
15.2 Where does morphology go? 00
15.3 How does morphology change? 00
16 Morphology in the mind 00
16.1 Connectionism and the dual route 00
16.2 Morphemes 00
16.3 The suffixing preference 00
16.4 Envoi 00
Appendix A: Morphological analysis 00
Appendix B: Discussion of selected exercises 00
Appendix C: Glossary 00
References 00
Index 00
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Grammar, Comparative and general Morphology
Georgetown University Press, 2003 Paper: 978-0-87840-343-1
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 of word-form, productivity, inflection versus derivation, and the position of morphology to phonology—the science of speech sounds, especially the history and theory of sound changes in a language. Along with two new chapters discussing morphology and the brain and how morphology arises, changes, and disappears, this new edition includes exercises and a glossary of key terms.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Laurie Bauer is professor of linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and the author of Morphological Productivity and An Introduction to International Varieties of English.
REVIEWS
-- Richard Coates, professor of linguistics, University of Sussex
-- Dick Hudson, professor of linguistics, University College London
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface
PART ONE Fundamentals
1 Introduction 00
2 The basic units 00
2.1 A close look at words 00
2.2 Elements smaller than the word 00
2.3 Inflection and derivation 00
2.4 Allomorphs and morphemes 00
2.5 Recapitulation 00
3 The morphological structure of words 00
3.1 Word-building processes using affixes 00
3.1.1 Suffixes 00
3.1.2 Prefixes 00
3.1.3 Circumfixes 00
3.1.4 Infixes 00
3.1.5 Interfixes 00
3.1.6 Transfixes 00
3.2 Reduplication 00
3.3 Word-building by modification of the base 00
3.4 Relationships with no change of form 00
3.5 Cases involving shortening bases 00
3.6 Processes involving several lexemes 00
3.7 Alphabet-based formations 00
3.8 Unique morphs 00
3.9 Suppletion 00
3.10 Conclusion 00
PART TWO Elaboration
4 Defining the word-form 00
4.1 Phonological criteria 00
4.1.1 Stress 00
4.1.2 Vowel harmony 00
4.1.3 Phonological processes 00
4.2 Morphological and syntactic criteria 00
5 Productivity 00
5.1 Productivity as a cline 00
5.2 Productivity as synchronic 00
5.3 Potential words and productivity in the individual 00
5.4 Blocking 00
5.5 Defining the productivity of a process 00
5.5.1 So-called limitations on productivity 00
5.5.2 So-called semi-productivity 00
6 Inflection and derivation 00
6.1 Meaning 00
6.2 Derivation may cause a change of category 00
6.3 Inflectional affixes have a regular meaning 00
6.4 Inflection is productive, derivation semi-productive 00
6.5 Derivational affixes are nearer the root than inflectional ones 00
6.6 Derivatives can be replaced by monomorphemic forms 00
6.7 Inflection uses a closed set of affixes 00
6.8 Inflectional morphology is what is relevant to the syntax 00
6.9 A first conclusion 00
6.10 An alternative conclusion 00
7 What is a morpheme? 00
7.1 Problems with morphemes 00
7.2 Some other views of the morpheme 00
7.3 From morpheme to morphome 00
7.4 Can we have morphology without morphemes? 00
8 The domain of morphology 00
8.1 Links with phonology 00
8.2 Links with syntax 00
8.2.1 Clitics 00
8.2.2 Compounds 00
8.3 Concluding remarks 00
PART THREE Issues
9 Recognising morphemes 00
9.1 Affixes 00
9.2 Bases 00
9.3 A proposal for limiting abstractness 00
9.4 What are the alternatives? 00
9.4.1 Phonological 00
9.4.2 Semantic 00
9.4.3 Syntactic 00
9.4.4 Etymological 00
9.4.5 Back to morphs 00
10 Lexicalist morphology 00
10.1 Why the lexicon? 00
10.2 The function of a morphology 00
10.3 Full entry theory 00
10.4 Strata in the morphology 00
10.5 Heads and feature percolation 00
10.6 Other considerations 00
10.7 A closer look at stratal theories 00
10.8 Review: lexicalist morphology 00
11 Word-and-paradigm morphology 00
11.1 The distinctiveness of WP 00
11.2 An example 00
11.3 Synopsis 00
12 Non-linear approaches to morphology 00
12.1 Some concepts and terminology 00
12.2 Arabic transfixes or root-and-pattern morphology 00
12.3 Reduplication 00
12.4 Infixation 00
12.5 Taking it further 00
13 Morphological typology and universals 00
13.1 Morphological typology 00
13.2 Universals concerning order 00
13.3 Implicational universals 00
13.4 Paradigm-centred universals 00
14 Natural morphology 00
14.1 Naturalness 00
14.2 Conflicts of naturalness 00
14.3 Implications 00
14.4 Conclusion 00
15 Diachronic morphology 00
15.1 Where does morphology come from? 00
15.1.1 Reanalysis 00
15.1.2 Grammaticalisation 00
15.2 Where does morphology go? 00
15.3 How does morphology change? 00
16 Morphology in the mind 00
16.1 Connectionism and the dual route 00
16.2 Morphemes 00
16.3 The suffixing preference 00
16.4 Envoi 00
Appendix A: Morphological analysis 00
Appendix B: Discussion of selected exercises 00
Appendix C: Glossary 00
References 00
Index 00
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Grammar, Comparative and general Morphology
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC