Introduction to Morphology
An Introduction to English Morphology: Words and Their Structure
Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy
Edinburgh University Press
An Introduction to English Morphology
Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language
General Editor Heinz Giegerich, Professor of English Linguistics (University of Edinburgh) Editorial Board Laurie Bauer (University of Wellington) Derek Britton (University of Edinburgh) Olga Fischer (University of Amsterdam) Norman Macleod (University of Edinburgh) Donka Minkova (UCLA) Katie Wales (University of Leeds) Anthony Warner (University of York) An Introduction to English Syntax Jim Miller An Introduction to English Phonology April McMahon An Introduction to English Morphology Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy
An Introduction to English Morphology
Words and Their Structure
Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy
Edinburgh University Press
To Jeremy
© Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy, 2002 Edinburgh University Press Ltd 22 George Square, Edinburgh Typeset in Janson by Norman Tilley Graphics and printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin A CIP Record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7486 1327 7 (hardback) ISBN 0 7486 1326 9 (paperback) The right of Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Contents
Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Recommendations for reading 2 Words, sentences and dictionaries 2.1 Words as meaningful building-blocks of language 2.2 Words as types and words as tokens 2.3 Words with predictable meanings 2.4 Non-words with unpredictable meanings 2.5 Conclusion: words versus lexical items Exercises Recommendations for reading 3 A word and its parts: roots, affixes and their shapes 3.1 Taking words apart 3.2 Kinds of morpheme: bound versus free 3.3 Kinds of morpheme: root, affix, combining form 3.4 Morphemes and their allomorphs 3.5 Identifying morphemes independently
Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy
Edinburgh University Press
An Introduction to English Morphology
Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language
General Editor Heinz Giegerich, Professor of English Linguistics (University of Edinburgh) Editorial Board Laurie Bauer (University of Wellington) Derek Britton (University of Edinburgh) Olga Fischer (University of Amsterdam) Norman Macleod (University of Edinburgh) Donka Minkova (UCLA) Katie Wales (University of Leeds) Anthony Warner (University of York) An Introduction to English Syntax Jim Miller An Introduction to English Phonology April McMahon An Introduction to English Morphology Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy
An Introduction to English Morphology
Words and Their Structure
Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy
Edinburgh University Press
To Jeremy
© Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy, 2002 Edinburgh University Press Ltd 22 George Square, Edinburgh Typeset in Janson by Norman Tilley Graphics and printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin A CIP Record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7486 1327 7 (hardback) ISBN 0 7486 1326 9 (paperback) The right of Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Contents
Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Recommendations for reading 2 Words, sentences and dictionaries 2.1 Words as meaningful building-blocks of language 2.2 Words as types and words as tokens 2.3 Words with predictable meanings 2.4 Non-words with unpredictable meanings 2.5 Conclusion: words versus lexical items Exercises Recommendations for reading 3 A word and its parts: roots, affixes and their shapes 3.1 Taking words apart 3.2 Kinds of morpheme: bound versus free 3.3 Kinds of morpheme: root, affix, combining form 3.4 Morphemes and their allomorphs 3.5 Identifying morphemes independently