Finding out more

Linguistics is taught widely across the world and as morphology is one of its main disciplines, there is a lot of information available for those of you who would like to dig deeper into the subject. Here are some of many easy accessible resources for further reading:

[1] Yule, G., (2010). The Study of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

The Study of Language by George Yule.

• Textbook for beginners.
• Information organised in short, concise chunks.
• Morphology chapter: word formation processes, problems of morphology and examples in other languages.
• Tasks and discussion topics at the end of each chapter are helpful for deeper or further learning.
• Available in UK bookshops.[1]

What is Morphology? by Mark Aronoff and Kirsten Fudeman

• Essay aims at readers with no background in linguistics.
• Present the subject in an easily manageable way
• Illustrate the problems and possibilities of morphology together with a background of the concept of the discipline.
• It is published online by Blackwell Publishing and is available here.[2]

[3] Lieber, R., (2009). Introducing Morphology: Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Introducing Morphology – Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics by Rochelle Lieber.

• Intended for students with relatively little prior knowledge in linguistics.
• Basics to in depth theoretical issues of morphology.
• The reader is encouraged to discover more through challenges and activities designed to offer the opportunity to do experiments and collect own data to analyse.
• Available in UK bookshops.[3]

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References

[1] Yule, G., (2010). The Study of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[2] Aronoff, M. and Fudeman, K., (2005). What is Morphology? London: Blackwell Publishing.

[3] Lieber, R., (2009). Introducing Morphology: Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.