Introducing Morphology
by Rochelle Lieber · Rochelle Lieber
Cambridge undergraduate textbook on word structure. Works through morphemes, derivation, inflection, compounding and productivity, with cross-linguistic data and exercises, so readers can analyse unfamiliar word forms and argue for a morphological analysis.
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