形态学

形态学（又称“词汇形态学”或“词法”）是语言学的一个分支，研究词的内部结构，包括屈折变化和构词法两个部分。由于词具有语音特征、句法特征和语义特征，形态学处于音位学、句法学和语义学的结合部位，所以形态学是每个语言学家都要关注的一门学科。词的中心地位引发两个重要的问题：第一个总是涉及词的形式，即如何描述词素的变体，从而就会有多种研究模式；第二个问题涉及词的句法和记义功能，即词的句法和语义功能跟句法学和语义学的相互联系，从而就会同语言学的其它学科有交叉的领域。上述两个问题使形态学的独立地位经常受到挑战，并且使形态学研究具有多种模式。

Prefcace by Halliday
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Principal references
1 What is morphology?
The scope of morphology
Morphology and general linguistic theory
2 Word,word-form and lexeme
Practical illustrations
Lexical and inflectional morphology
3 Inflections and word-formation
Why the distinction?
Change and indeterminacy
4 Lexical derivation
Formations
Productivity
5 Compounds
The syntax of compounds
Compounds and non-compounds
6 Morphemes and allomorphs
An agglutinating system
Types of alternation
7 Morphological processes
Inflectional formations
Types of morphological process
8 Morphophonemics
Sandhi
The scope of morphophonemics
9 Properties and their exponents
Flection
Types of exponence
10 Paradigms
An ancient model
A modern adaptation
11 Inflectional morphology and sytax
What are words?
Problems and discrepancies
12 Iconicity
Central and peripheral categories
Marked and unmarked
Index
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