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PublisherEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press

ISBN-100748646213

ISBN-139780748646210

eBay Product ID (ePID)169628568

Product Key Features

Number of Pages208 Pages

Publication NameAnalogy and Morphological Change

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

SubjectLinguistics / Morphology, Linguistics / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorDavid Fertig

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight9.5 Oz

Item Length6.1 in

Item Width9.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2013-362113

ReviewsFertig provides an insightful introduction to analogy and morphological change by critically analyzing, readjusting, and complementing traditional accounts on analogical change. It is particularly praiseworthy that Fertig offers many diachronic examples to explain and illustrate the different mechanisms of analogical and morphological change. The author also provides helpful summaries at the end of each chapter.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal417.7

Table Of ContentChapter 1: Fundamental Concepts and Issues; Chapter 2: Basic mechanisms of morphological change; Chapter 3: Types of analogical change, part 1: Introduction and proportional change; Chapter 4: Types of analogical change, part 2: Non-proportional change; Chapter 5: Types of analogical change, part 3: Problems and Puzzles; Chapter 6: Analogical Change beyond Morphology; Chapter 7: Constraints on analogical innovation and change; Chapter 8: Morphological change and morphological theory

SynopsisHow learners and speakers make sense of their language and make their language make sense. This book is designed to help readers make sense of morphological change and, more generally, of the concept of analogy and its role in language and in human cognition., How do learners and speakers make sense of their language and make their language make sense? Is it dived or dove? Dwarfs or dwarves? If the best students aced the test, did the pretty good students beece it? You've probably often pondered such questions yourself, but did you know that similar questions have inspired some of the most important advances in our understanding not only of how languages change but also of how children acquire grammar and how the human mind works? This book is designed to help readers make sense of morphological change and, more generally, of the concept of analogy and its role in language and in human cognition. With a critical look at the past 150 years of linguistic work on analogical change, David Fertig brings clarity to a field rife with terminological and theoretical confusion., How do learners and speakers make sense of their language and make their language make sense. Is it dived or dove? Dwarfs or dwarves? If the best students aced the test, did the pretty good students beece it? You've probably often pondered such questions yourself, but did you know that similar questions have inspired some of the most important advances in our understanding not only of how languages change but also of how children acquire grammar and how the human mind works? This book is designed to help readers make sense of morphological change and, more generally, of the concept of analogy and its role in language and in human cognition. With a critical look at the past 150 years of linguistic work on analogical change, David Fertig brings clarity to a field rife with terminological and theoretical confusion.

LC Classification NumberP299.A48