EAN: 9781119715207

WHAT IS MORPHOLOGY? - MARK (PROFESSOR EMERITUS ...

Provides a critical introduction to the central ideas and perennial problems of morphology 
fully revised and updated in a new edition What is Morphology? is a concise  student-friendly
introduction to the fundamentals of contemporary morphological theory and practice. Requiring
only a basic knowledge of linguistics  this popular textbook describes morphological phenomena
and their interactions with phonology  syntax  and semantics while familiarizing students with
the importance of linguistic morphology as a subject of research. Each chapter contains
engaging examples and student-friendly explanations to support the development of the skills
necessary to analyze a wealth of classic morphological problems. The third edition is fully
updated to reflect the current state of the field  featuring a new chapter on morphology's
intersections with typology and computational linguistics. Expanded coverage of morphological
productivity and processing is supported by additional exercises  examples  and further reading
suggestions. Thoroughly revised chapters cover essential topics including morphemes  the
lexicon  phonology  inflection  syncretism  and derived lexemes. This accessible textbook: *
Introduces fundamental phenomena with a descriptive theme and minimal theory * Uses
cross-linguistic data to explain and clarify new concepts * Provides new and revised chapters
written by prominent experts in their respective areas * Includes answers to all exercises via
a companion instructor's website The latest edition of What is Morphology? remains the ideal
textbook for undergraduate and graduate linguistics students  researchers and scholars
unfamiliar with linguistic morphology  and professionals involved in industrial applications of
linguistics such as speech recognition  natural language understanding  machine translation 
text-to-speech  and natural language generation.

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