Introducing Morphology

Morphology is the study of how words are put together. A lively introduction to the subject, this textbook is intended for undergraduates with relatively little background in linguistics. Providing data from a wide variety of languages, it includes hands-on activities such as ‘challenge’ boxes, designed to encourage students to gather their own data and analyze it, work with data on websites, perform simple experiments, and discuss topics with each other. There is also an extensive introduction to the terms and concepts necessary for analyzing words. Unlike other textbooks it anticipates the question ‘is it a real word?’ and tackles it head on by looking at the distinction between dictionaries and the mental lexicon. This second edition has been thoroughly updated, including new examples and exercises as well as a detailed introduction to using linguistic corpora to find and analyze morphological data.Additional ISBNs: 1107096243, 1107480159, 9781107096240, 9781107480155Introducing Morphology 2nd Edition is written by Rochelle Lieber and published by Cambridge University Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Introducing Morphology are 9781316423660, 1316423662 and the print ISBNs are 9781107096240, 1107096243