Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Remarks on Transcription
The International Phonetic Alphabet
1. Thinking about Morphology and Morphological Analysis
1.1. What is Morphology?
1.2. Morphemes
1.3. Morphology in Action
1.4. Background and Beliefs
1.5. Introduction to Morphological Analysis
1.6. Summary
Introduction to Kujamaat Jóola
Further Reading
Exercises
2. Words and Lexemes
2.1. What is a Word?
2.2. Empirical Tests for Wordhood
2.3. Types of Words
2.4. Inflection vs. Derivation
2.5. Two Approaches to Morphology: Item-and-Arrangement, Item-and-Process
2.6. The Lexicon
2.7. Summary
Kujamaat Jóola Noun Classes
Further Reading
Exercises
3. Morphology and Phonology
3.1. Allomorphs
3.2. Prosodic Morphology
3.3. Primary and Secondary Affixes
3.4. Linguistic Exaptation, Leveling, and Analogy
3.5. Morphophonology and Secret Languages
3.6. Summary
Kujamaat Jóola Morphophonology
Further Reading
Exercises
4. Derivation and the Lexicon
4.1. The Saussurean Sign
4.2. Motivation and Compositionality
4.3. Derivation and Structure
4.4. Summary
Derivation in Kujamaat Jóola
Further Reading
Exercises
5. Derivation and Semantics
5.1. The Polysemy Problem
5.2. The Semantics of Derived Lexemes
5.3. Summary
Derivation and Verbs in Kujamaat Jóola
Further Reading
Exercises
6. Inflection
6.1. What is Inflection?
6.2. Inflection vs. Derivation
6.3. Inventory of Inflectional Morphology Types
6.4. Syncretism
6.5. Typology
6.6. Summary
Agreement in Kujamaat Jóola
Further Reading
Exercises
7. Morphology and Syntax
7.1. Morphological vs. Syntactic Inflection
7.2. Structural Constraints on Morphological Inflection
7.3. Inflection and Universal Grammar
7.4. Grammatical Function Change
7.5. Summary
Kujamaat Jóola Verb Morphology
A Brief Survey of Kujamaat Jóola Syntax
Further Reading
Exercises
8. Morphological Productivity and the Mental Lexicon
8.1. What is Morphological Productivity?
8.2. Productivity and Structure: Negative Prefixes in English
8.3. Degrees of Productivity
8.4. Salience and Productivity
8.5. Testing Productivity
8.6. The Mental Lexicon, Psycholinguistics, and Neurolinguistics
8.7. Conclusion
Further Reading
Exercises
Glossary
References
Index