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Autore |
Carstairs-McCarthy Andrew |
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An introduction to English morphology : words and their structure / / Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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ISBN |
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1-4744-2898-3 |
1-4744-2899-1 |
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[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 154 pages) |
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Edinburgh textbooks on the English language |
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English language - Morphology |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Words, sentences and dictionaries -- 3 A word and its parts: roots, affixes and their shapes -- 4 A word and its forms: inflection -- 5 A word and its relatives: derivation -- 6 Compound words, blends and phrasal words -- 7 A word and its structure -- 8 Productivity -- 9 The historical sources of English word formation -- 10 Conclusion: words in English and in languages generally -- Discussion of the exercises -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Bestselling introduction to English morphology, now revised and updatedWhat 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 |
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