Series: Fundamentals of Linguistics

Provides a critical introduction to the central ideas and perennial problems of morphology, fully revised and updated in a new edition What is Morphology? is a concise, student-friendly introduction to the fundamentals of contemporary morphological theory and practice. Requiring only a basic knowledge of linguistics, this popular textbook describes morphological phenomena and their interactions with phonology, syntax, and semantics while...

What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practised. The book explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory in an intuitive, engaging manner without relying on formalisation or getting bogged down in technical skills. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors,...