What is morphology? / Mark Aronoff.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: West Sussex : Jhon Wiley, 2011.Description: xix, 290; 23 cmContent type:
  • Text
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  • Unmediated
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  • Volume
ISBN:
  • 978-1-4051-9467-9
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 415.9 Ar67w
Contents:
Preface. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Remarks on Transcription. The International Phonetic Alphabet. 1 Thinking about Morphology and Morphological Analysis. 1.1 What is Morphology? 1.2 Morphemes. 1.3 Morphology in Action. 1.4 Background and Beliefs. 1.5 Introduction to Morphological Analysis. 1.6 Summary. Introduction to Kujamaat Joola. Further Reading. Exercises. 2 Words and Lexemes. 2.1 What is a Word? 2.2 Empirical Tests for Wordhood. 2.3 Types of Words. 2.4 Inflection vs. Derivation. 2.5 Two Approaches to Morphology: Item-and-Arrangement, Item-and-Process. 2.6 The Lexicon. 2.7 Summary. Kujamaat Joola Noun Classes. Further Reading. Exercises. 3 Morphology and Phonology. 3.1 Allomorphs. 3.2 Prosodic Morphology. 3.3 Primary and Secondary Affixes. 3.4 Linguistic Exaptation, Leveling, and Analogy. 3.5 Morphophonology and Secret Languages. 3.6 Summary. Kujamaat Joola Morphophonology. Further Reading. Exercises. 4 Derivation and the Lexicon. 4.1 The Saussurean Sign. 4.2 Motivation and Compositionality. 4.3 Derivation and Structure. 4.4 Summary. Derivation in Kujamaat Joola. Further Reading. Exercises. 5 Derivation and Semantics. 5.1 The Polysemy Problem. 5.2 The Semantics of Derived Lexemes. 5.3 Summary. Derivation and Verbs in Kujamaat Joola. Further Reading. Exercises. 6 Inflection. 6.1 What is Inflection? 6.2 Inflection vs. Derivation. 6.3 Inventory of Inflectional Morphology Types. 6.4 Syncretism. 6.5 Typology. 6.6 Summary. Agreement in Kujamaat Joola. Further Reading. Exercises. 7 Morphology and Syntax. 7.1 Morphological vs. Syntactic Inflection. 7.2 Structural Constraints on Morphological Inflection. 7.3 Inflection and Universal Grammar. 7.4 Grammatical Function Change. 7.5 Summary. Kujamaat Joola Verb Morphology. A Brief Survey of Kujamaat Joola Syntax. Further Reading. Exercises. 8 Morphological Productivity and the Mental Lexicon. 8.1 What is Morphological Productivity? 8.2 Productivity and Structure: Negative Prefixes in English. 8.3 Degrees of Productivity. 8.4 Salience and Productivity. 8.5 Testing Productivity. 8.6 Conclusion. Further Reading. Exercises. Glossary. References. Index.
Summary: What is Morphology? is a concise and critical introduction to the central ideas of morphology, which has been revised and expanded to include additional material on morphological productivity and the mental lexicon, experimental and computational methods, and new teaching material.
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Preface. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Remarks on Transcription. The International Phonetic Alphabet. 1 Thinking about Morphology and Morphological Analysis. 1.1 What is Morphology? 1.2 Morphemes. 1.3 Morphology in Action. 1.4 Background and Beliefs. 1.5 Introduction to Morphological Analysis. 1.6 Summary. Introduction to Kujamaat Joola. Further Reading. Exercises. 2 Words and Lexemes. 2.1 What is a Word? 2.2 Empirical Tests for Wordhood. 2.3 Types of Words. 2.4 Inflection vs. Derivation. 2.5 Two Approaches to Morphology: Item-and-Arrangement, Item-and-Process. 2.6 The Lexicon. 2.7 Summary. Kujamaat Joola Noun Classes. Further Reading. Exercises. 3 Morphology and Phonology. 3.1 Allomorphs. 3.2 Prosodic Morphology. 3.3 Primary and Secondary Affixes. 3.4 Linguistic Exaptation, Leveling, and Analogy. 3.5 Morphophonology and Secret Languages. 3.6 Summary. Kujamaat Joola Morphophonology. Further Reading. Exercises. 4 Derivation and the Lexicon. 4.1 The Saussurean Sign. 4.2 Motivation and Compositionality. 4.3 Derivation and Structure. 4.4 Summary. Derivation in Kujamaat Joola. Further Reading. Exercises. 5 Derivation and Semantics. 5.1 The Polysemy Problem. 5.2 The Semantics of Derived Lexemes. 5.3 Summary. Derivation and Verbs in Kujamaat Joola. Further Reading. Exercises. 6 Inflection. 6.1 What is Inflection? 6.2 Inflection vs. Derivation. 6.3 Inventory of Inflectional Morphology Types. 6.4 Syncretism. 6.5 Typology. 6.6 Summary. Agreement in Kujamaat Joola. Further Reading. Exercises. 7 Morphology and Syntax. 7.1 Morphological vs. Syntactic Inflection. 7.2 Structural Constraints on Morphological Inflection. 7.3 Inflection and Universal Grammar. 7.4 Grammatical Function Change. 7.5 Summary. Kujamaat Joola Verb Morphology. A Brief Survey of Kujamaat Joola Syntax. Further Reading. Exercises. 8 Morphological Productivity and the Mental Lexicon. 8.1 What is Morphological Productivity? 8.2 Productivity and Structure: Negative Prefixes in English. 8.3 Degrees of Productivity. 8.4 Salience and Productivity. 8.5 Testing Productivity. 8.6 Conclusion. Further Reading. Exercises. Glossary. References. Index.

What is Morphology? is a concise and critical introduction to the central ideas of morphology, which has been revised and expanded to include additional material on morphological productivity and the mental lexicon, experimental and computational methods, and new teaching material.

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