Introducing Morphology

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Introducing Morphology
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rochelle Lieber
SeriesCambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:292
Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 171
Category/Genrelinguistics
English language teaching
ISBN/Barcode 9781108958486
ClassificationsDewey:415.9
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Edition 3rd Revised edition
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 26 August 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A lively introduction to morphology, this textbook is intended for undergraduates with relatively little background in linguistics. It shows students how to find and analyze morphological data and presents them with basic concepts and terminology concerning the mental lexicon, inflection, derivation, morphological typology, productivity, and the interfaces between morphology and syntax on the one hand and phonology on the other. By the end of the text students are ready to understand morphological theory and how to support or refute theoretical proposals. Providing data from a wide variety of languages, the text includes hands-on activities designed to encourage students to gather and analyse their own data. The third edition has been thoroughly updated with new examples and exercises. Chapter 2 now includes an updated detailed introduction to using linguistic corpora, and there is a new final chapter covering several current theoretical frameworks.

Author Biography

Rochelle Lieber is Professor of Linguistics at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, where she teaches a wide range of courses on theoretical linguistics and the English language. She is the recipient of a Teaching Excellence Award (1990), the Lindberg Award for the Outstanding Teacher and Scholar in Liberal Arts at UNH (2013), and the Bloomfield Award given by the Linguistic Society of America for the Oxford Reference Guide to English Morphology (with Laurie Bauer and Ingo Plag, 2015). She is the author of four monographs, over fifty articles, and book chapters on morphology and related topics, and is the co-editor of three handbooks on morphology.