Presenting a clear and critical overview, this book equips students with the tools to discuss morphological phenomena and to do so in relation to other linguistic contexts, including semantics, psycholinguistics and language change.

Acknowledgements Abbreviations and notational conventions 1 Introduction 1.1 Morphology and the word 1.2 Theory and description 1.3 About this book Notes and comments Reading Discussion questions 2 Morpheme-based morphology 2.1 A sketch morphemic model 2.2 Problems for the morpheme 2.2.1 How much similarity of form must allomorphs share? 2.2.2 How much similarity of meaning must allomorphs share? 2.2.3 What are the limits of analysis? 2.2.4 Empty morphs 2.2.5 Zero morphs 2.2.6 Processes as morphs 2.2.7 Cumulative exponence 2.2.8 Extended exponence 2.2.9 Superfluous morphs 2.2.10 Morphs with incompatible meanings 2.2.11 Inversion 2.3 Evaluation 2.4 An alternative Notes and comments Reading Discussion questions 3 Word-based morphology 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The fundamentals of such a model 3.3 Two potential criticisims of word-based morphology 3.4 Inflection and derivation 3.4.1 Questions of definition 3.4.2 The inflection-derivation split 3.5 What if there is no inflection-derivation split? Notes and comments Reading Discussion questions 4. Word syntax 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Some basics 4.3 Headedness 4.4 Morphotactics 4.5 Conclusion Notes and comments Reading Discussion questions 5 The phonological correlates of concatenation 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Deletion of phonological material 5.2.1 Haplology 5.2.2 Truncation 5.3 Addition of phonological material 5.4 The modification of phonological material 5.4.1 Assimilation 5.4.2 Remnants of historical processes 5.4.3 Cluster simplification 5.4.4 Structure optimisation 5.5 Wider phonological change 5.6 Conclusion Notes and comments Reading Discussion questions 6. The borders of morphology 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Meaning without form 6.3 Form without meaning 6.4 Acronyms 6.5 Phonaesthemes 6.6 Blends 6.7 Clippings 6.8 Yiddish-influences shm- 6.9 Backformation 6.10 Messy formations and the limits of description 6.11 Analogy Notes and comments Reading Discussion questions 7 Exemplars and resonances 7.1 Interlude: the acquisition of phonemes 7.2 Acquiring morphology 7.3 Exemplar theory 7.4 Resonances 7.5 Why is an approach based on exemplar theory and resonances an improvement? 7.5.1 Morphemes 7.5.2 Unique outcomes 7.5.3 Inflection and derivation 7.5.4 Morphotactics 7.5.5 Headedness 7.5.6 Lack of compositionality 7.5.7 Productivity 7.5.8 Typology and naturalness 7.6 Is there anything that this kind of approach cannot explain? 7.7 Examples 7.8 Conclusion Notes and comments Reading Discussion questions Glossary References Index