A lively introduction to morphology, this textbook is intended for undergraduates with relatively little background in linguistics. The third edition has been thoroughly updated, with new examples and exercises and a new final chapter covering several current theoretical frameworks.
Focusing on the syntactic context of English nominalizations, this book delves into how different readings emerge from specific structures. It examines the intricate mechanisms behind the formation and interpretation of English nouns, offering insights into their diverse meanings based on grammatical usage.
Rochelle Lieber discusses the lexical semantics of word formation in a systematic way, allowing the reader to explore the nature of affixal polysemy, the reasons why there are multiple affixes with the same function and the issues of mismatch between form and meaning in word formation.