Introduction to English Morphology by Magnus Huber, Alexander... - 9783631618417

Introduction to English MorphologyAuthor(s): Magnus Huber, Alexander Tokar\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Peter Lang AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Peter Lang AG\nISBN-13: 9783631618417, 978-3631618417\nSynopsis\nMorphology is the branch of linguistics that studies the internal structure of words, word-formation mechanisms that give rise to new words, and mechanisms that produce wordforms of existing words. Intended as a companion for students of English language and linguistics at both [url] and [url] levels, this textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the entire field of English morphology, including English word-formation and English inflectional morphology. The textbook discusses not only basic introductory issues requiring no prior background in linguistics but also fairly controversial theoretical issues which different linguists treat in a different way. As in the previous volumes of the TELL Series, most of the analyses are illustrated with authentic language data, [url] ex.