Morphology by P H Matthews

Morphology by P H Matthews

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Morphology by P H Matthews

This is an updated and substantially revised edition of Peter Matthews's well-known Morphology, first published in 1974. It includes chapters on inflectional and lexical morphology, derivational processes and productivity, compounds, paradigms, and much new material on markedness and other aspects of iconicity. As in the first edition, the theoretical discussion is eclectic and critical: its scope ranges from the ancient grammarians to the work of Chomsky and his followers, the disintegration of the classical Chomskyan scheme, and the renewed standing of morphology and historical linguistics in recent years. The examples are drawn from English and other European languages, both ancient and modern. The work will appeal to both specialists in particular languages--it contains much original material--and students of general linguistics. For this new edition much now obsolete discussion has been removed and replaced by discussion of current trends, and the further reading sections have been thoroughly updated.

Peter Matthews is a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and an Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Cambridge University. Cambridge's St. John's College. Inflectional Morphology (1972), Morphology (2nd ed.) are among his many writings. A Brief History of Structural Linguistics (2001), Syntactic Relations: A Critical Review (2007), Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction (2003), and The Positions of Adjectives in English (2014).

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ISBN 13 9780521098564
ISBN 10 0521098564
Title Morphology
Author P H Matthews
Series Cambridge Textbooks In Linguistics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1974-10-10
Number of pages 253
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