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An introduction to English morphology : words and their structure / second edition

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What exactly are words? Are they the things that get listed in dictionaries, or are they the basic units of sentence structure? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy explores the implications of these different approaches to words in English. He explains the various ways in which words are related to one another, and shows how the history of the English language has affected word structure.

Topics include: words, sentences and dictionaries; a word and its parts (roots and affixes); a word and its forms (inflection); a word and its relatives (derivation); compound words; word structure; productivity; and the historical sources of English word formation.

Requiring no prior linguistic training, this textbook is suitable for undergraduate students of English - literature or language - and provides a sound basis for further linguistic study.
The second edition features
• updated exercises throughout, with answers and discussion
• fully updated recommendations for further reading
• refreshed examples and references
• a completely new introduction and glossary

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U 425 CAR i

Publisher

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press., 2018

Collation

viii, 154 p.; 22 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781474428972

Classification

425

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Edition

2

Subject(s)

English language--Morphology

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