Linguist Forum
Specializations => Morphosyntax => Topic started by: lingual on August 30, 2014, 03:00:10 PM
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Hi every one
Would you please introduce me a morphology text book for B.A student, I need a basic book.
thaaanks a lot.
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What are you looking for exactly?
Morphology as a theoretical field is very controversial and undefined, with most research trying to determine whether "morphology" actually exists as a separate domain (from phonology and syntax) and heavily influenced by one theoretical perspective or another.
Morphology as a descriptive field is probably best studied from the perspective of typology, in my opinion, so that you know what kinds of morphemes are glossed for different languages, which would be very useful for a beginner if you'd like to read research on various languages. And in fact most introductory books on typology will cover primarily morphology (as it is a traditional area to research), so you may not need a book strictly on "morphology" at all, but just one about typology.
And of course there are various books about specific languages. Etymological morphology for English is common, and I think I have a book somewhere about English morphology in general as an introduction for beginning students.
There are a number of books that could be recommended (and some you can easily fine by searching), but it depends on what you need. Can you give a bit more information?