An Introduction to English Morphology by Andrew Carstairs-Mccarthy

An Introduction to English Morphology by Andrew Carstairs-Mccarthy

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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.

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An Introduction to English Morphology by Andrew Carstairs-Mccarthy

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.
The author has managed to make the material both clear and challenging; exercises and recommended reading for each chapter help to achieve thisThe author has managed to make the material both clear and challenging; exercises and recommended reading for each chapter help to achieve this.
Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy is a professor at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand where he teaches linguistics. He studied at Oxford, MIT, and the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, where he gained his PhD. His previous books are Allomorphy in Inflexion, Current Morphology and The Origins of Complex Language.
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ISBN 13 9780748613267
ISBN 10 0748613269
Title An Introduction to English Morphology
Author Andrew Carstairs-Mccarthy
Series Edinburgh Textbooks On The English Language
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Year published 2001-11-21
Number of pages 160
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