What is Morphology? (Fundamentals of Linguistics) - Softcover

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Mark Aronoff is Professor and Chair of Linguistics at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and served as editor of the journal Language from 1995 to 2000. He is co-editor, with Janie Rees-Miller, of The Handbook of Linguistics (Blackwell 2001). Kirsten Fudeman is Professor of Linguistics and French at Ithaca College, and has published articles on morphology, syntax, and historical Romance linguistics.

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Assuming only the most basic background in linguistics, What is Morphology? provides a concise, critical introduction to the central ideas and perennial problems of morphology. Designed to familiarize beginning students and specialists alike with the importance of morphology as a subject of research, this reader-friendly volume moves organically from the morphological facts of everyday life to important relationships with phonology, syntax, and semantics.

What is Morphology? equips readers with the skills to analyze a wealth of classic morphological issues through engaging narration and by direct example. This includes detailed discussion of the complex morphology of one West African language, Kujamaat Jóola, and many useful exercises at the ends of the chapters.