{"product_id":"what-is-morphology-isbn-9781119715207","title":"What is Morphology?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides a critical introduction to the central ideas and perennial problems of morphology, fully revised and updated in a new edition\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat is Morphology? \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces fundamental phenomena with a descriptive theme and minimal theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses cross-linguistic data to explain and clarify new concepts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides new and revised chapters written by prominent experts in their respective areas \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes answers to all exercises via a companion instructor’s website\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe latest edition of \u003ci\u003eWhat is Morphology?\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemarks on Transcription xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe International Phonetic Alphabet xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Companion Website xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Thinking about Morphology and Morphological Analysis 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 What is Morphology? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Morphemes 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Morphology in Action 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Background and Beliefs 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Introduction to Morphological Analysis 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Summary 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Kujamaat Jóola 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Words and Lexemes 32\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 What is a Word? 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Empirical Tests for Wordhood 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Types of Words 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Inflection vs. Derivation 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Two Approaches to Morphology: Item-and-Arrangement, Item-and-Process 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 The Lexicon 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Summary 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKujamaat Jóola Noun Classes 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Morphology and Phonology 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Allomorphs 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Prosodic Morphology 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Primary and Secondary Affixes 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Linguistic Exaptation, Leveling, and Analogy 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Morphophonology and Secret Languages 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Summary 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKujamaat Jóola Morphophonology 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Derivation and the Lexicon 103\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 The Saussurean Sign 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Motivation and Compositionality 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Derivation and Structure 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Lexicalization 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Summary 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDerivation in Kujamaat Jóola 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Derivation and Semantics 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 The Polysemy Problem 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 The Semantics of Derived Lexemes 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Summary 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDerivation and Verbs in Kujamaat Jóola 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Inflection 150\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 What is Inflection? 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Inflection vs. Derivation 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Inventory of Inflectional Morphology Types 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Syncretism 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Typology 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Summary 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgreement in Kujamaat Jóola 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Morphology and Syntax 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Morphological vs. Syntactic Inflection 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Structural Constraints on Morphological Inflection 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Inflection and Universal Grammar 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Grammatical Function Change 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Summary 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKujamaat Jóola Verb Morphology 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Morphological Productivity and the Mental Lexicon 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 What is Morphological Productivity? 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Productivity and Structure: Negative Prefixes in English 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Degrees of Productivity 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Salience and Productivity 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Testing Productivity 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 The Mental Lexicon, Psycholinguistics, and Neurolinguistics 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Conclusion 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Computational Morphology 246\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Early Work 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Problem Specification 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Knowledge-based Methods 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Data-Driven Methods 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Hybrid Models 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Resources for Computational Morphology 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 299\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Aronoff\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at Stony Brook University, USA. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and previously served as Editor of \u003ci\u003eLanguage, the Journal of the Linguistic Society of America\u003c\/i\u003e and as President of the Linguistic Society of America. For Wiley Blackwell he co-edited \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e, now in its second edition, with Janie Rees-Miller. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirsten Fudeman\u003c\/b\u003e is former Professor of French at University of Pittsburgh, USA, where she taught medieval French language and literature. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eVernacular Voices: Language and Identity in Medieval French Jewish Communities\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR THIS EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWhat is Morphology?\u003c\/i\u003e continues to be the most attractive, accessible, and entertaining introduction to morphology on the market. It is a lively conversation between the authors and their readers, which radiates enthusiasm for its subject, while stimulating readers to think about morphology for themselves through numerous skillfully designed examples and exercises. The book is deliberately theory-neutral but leaves no doubt about the fundamental importance of morphology within linguistic theory.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Martin Maiden, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It's no surprise that \u003ci\u003eWhat is Morphology?\u003c\/i\u003e is now appearing in a third edition. Aronoff and Fudeman's textbook is a fun, highly accessible introduction to morphology, providing an excellent grounding in the key distinctions and theoretical issues.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Dunstan Brown, University of York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR PRIOR EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Aronoff and Fudeman have produced a clear and jargon-free introduction to contemporary morphological theory and practice. The book succeeds particularly in clarifying the empirical content, organizational principles and analytic techniques that distinguish morphology from other fields of linguistics.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—James P. Blevins, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat is Morphology? Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, provides a critical introduction to the central ideas and perennial issues of linguistic morphology. Assuming only minimal background in linguistics, this student-friendly textbook uses clear language and easy-to-understand examples to describe fundamental morphological phenomena and their interactions with phonology, syntax, and semantics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe chapters of this textbook equip students with the skills needed to analyze a range of classic morphological problems through engaging examples and student-friendly explanations. Cross-linguistic data from Kujamaat Jóola, a West African language, is incorporated throughout the text to explain and clarify morphemes, morphophonology, inflection, syncretism, lexemes, and other essential concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFully revised and updated, the third edition also contains an entirely new chapter on computational linguistics, and a wealth of additional exercises, examples, and further readings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat is Morphology? 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