A Historical Morphology of English (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced)

A textbook survey of how English morphology has evolved from Old English to the present * Explores four sources of linguistic innovation: learner errors in categorical inflectional systems, lexical analogy, productivity in derivational systems and language and dialect contact * Includes inflectional and derivational morphology * Organized chronologically navigating Old, Middle and Early Modern English and Modern English * Draws on data from English, Germanic, French, Greek and Latin * Includes discussion questions, exercises and suggestions for further reading Charting the major developments in the morphology of English, this book introduces students to English inflectional and derivational morphology, presenting them with a long-range perspective of language change. It is built around the chronological periods crucial for each type of important large-scale change in the morphology of English, moving from Old, Middle and Early Modern English, to Modern English.The book also explores four sources of linguistic innovation - learner errors in categorical inflectional systems, lexical analogy, productivity in derivational systems and language and dialect contact - illustrating the extent to which the history of English Morphology offers significant information about morphological change in general. Este libro, que describe los principales avances en la morfología del inglés, introduce a los estudiantes en la morfología inflexional y derivacional del inglés, presentándoles una perspectiva de largo alcance del cambio lingüístico. El libro también está construido en torno a los períodos cronológicos cruciales para cada tipo de cambio importante a gran escala en la morfología del inglés, pasando del inglés antiguo, medio y moderno temprano, al inglés moderno. El libro también explora cuatro fuentes de innovación lingüística -los errores de aprendizaje en los sistemas flexivos categóricos, la analogía léxica, la productividad en los sistemas derivativos y el contacto entre lenguas y dialectos-, ilustrando hasta qué punto la historia de la morfología inglesa ofrece información significativa sobre el cambio morfológico en general Charting the major developments in the morphology of English, this book introduces students to English inflectional and derivational morphology, presenting them with a long-range perspective of language change. The book is also built around the chronological periods crucial for each type of important large-scale change in the morphology of English, moving from Old, Middle and Early Modern English, to Modern English. The book also explores four sources of linguistic innovation - learner errors in categorical inflectional systems, lexical analogy, productivity in derivational systems and language and dialect contact - illustrating the extent to which the history of English Morphology offers significant information about morphological change in general. Contents 5 Preface 9 Acknowledgments 11 Section A Concepts 13 Section B Inflectional morphology 37 Section C Derivational morphology 153 Bibliography 204 Index 214 Your user-friendly study and revision guide to Scots criminal law, written specially for students by a law lecturer with over 20 years of teaching experience A Detailed Survey Of How English Morphology Has Evolved From Old English To The Present