Edition |
2nd edition. |
Description |
1 online resource. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Edinburgh textbooks on the English language
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Edinburgh textbooks on the English language.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
What exactly are words? Are they the things that get listed in dictionaries, or are they the basic units of sentence structure? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy explores the implications of these different approaches to words in English. He explains the various ways in which words are related to one another, and shows how the history of the English language has affected word structure. Topics include: words, sentences and dictionaries; a word and its parts (roots and affixes); a word and its forms (inflection); a word and its relatives (derivation); compound words; word structure; productivity; and the historical sources of English word formation. Requiring no prior linguistic training, this textbook is suitable for undergraduate students of English - literature or language - and provides a sound basis for further linguistic study. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
English language -- Morphology.
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English language -- Morphology. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Original 9781474428972 1474428975 9781474428965 1474428967 (OCoLC)1022199491 |
ISBN |
9781474428989 (electronic book) |
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1474428983 (electronic book) |
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9781474428965 |
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9781474428972 |
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1474428975 |
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1474428967 |
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9781474428996 |
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1474428991 |
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