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Grammar, Comparative and general --- Word formation. --- Derivational morphology --- Word formation --- Derivation --- Morphology --- Linguistics --- Philology

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Grammar, Comparative and general --- Lexical grammar. --- Morphosyntax. --- Word formation. --- Derivational morphology --- Word formation --- Morphosyntactic features --- Morphosyntax --- Derivation --- Generative grammar --- Lexicology --- Morphology --- Syntax --- Grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology

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This volume presents two works elaborating a general theory of words and their structure written by René de Saussure, younger brother of Ferdinand de Saussure. Although originating in René de Saussure's concerns for the structure of Esperanto, these essays are clearly intended to articulate a general account of word formation in natural language. They appear here in the French original with facing English translations, accompanied by some remarks on René de Saussure's life and followed by essays on the Esperantist background of his analysis (by Marc van Oostendorp), the contemporary relevance of his morphological theory (by Stephen Anderson), and the semantic theory of words underlying his analysis (by Louis de Saussure). These two works have remained essentially unknown to the community of scholars in general linguistics since their publication in 1911 and 1919, respectively, although Esperantists have been aware of them. They develop in quite explicit form a theory of what would later be called morphemic analysis, based primarily on data from French (with some material from German and English, as well as occasional examples from other Indo-European languages). In its fundamental aspect, René's view of word formation differed significantly from that of his brother, who saw the structure of complex words as revealed not through their decomposition into smaller "atomic" units but rather in the relations between words, relations which could be presented in analogical form and which anticipate rule-based theories of morphological structure. The contrast between the two brothers' views thus anticipates basic issues in current theorizing about word structure.

Gramática comparada --- Saussure, René de --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Word formation. --- Saussure, René de, --- Derivational morphology --- Word formation --- Derivation --- Morphology --- De Saussure, René, --- Antido, --- Linguistics --- Philology

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Morphology is particularly challenging, because it is pervaded by irregularity and idiosyncrasy. This book is a study of word structure using a specific theoretical framework known as 'Network Morphology'. It describes the systems of rules which determine the structure of words by construing irregularity as a matter of degree, using examples from a diverse range of languages and phenomena to illustrate. Many languages share common word building strategies and many diverge in interesting ways. These strategies can be understood by distinguishing different notions of 'default'. The Network Morphology philosophy promotes the use of computational implementation to check theories. The accompanying website provides the computer coded version of the Network Morphology model of word structure for readers to test, customize and develop. This book will be a valuable contribution to the fields of linguistic typology and morphology and will be welcomed by researchers and graduate students in these areas.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Derivational morphology --- Word formation --- Morphology (Linguistics) --- Morphology --- Derivation --- Grammar --- Morphology. --- Word formation. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Morphology

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Why are there more English words ending in -ness than ending in -ity? What is it about some endings that makes them more widely usable than others? Can we measure the differences in the facility with which the various affixes are used? Does the difference in facility reflect a difference in the way we treat words containing these affixes in the brain? These are the questions examined in this book. Morphological productivity has, over the centuries, been a major factor in providing the huge vocabulary of English and remains one of the most contested areas in the study of word-formation and structure. This book takes an eclectic approach to the topic, applying the findings for morphology to syntax and phonology. Bringing together the results of twenty years' work in the field, it provides new insights and considers a wide range of linguistic and psycholinguistic evidence.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Productivity (Linguistics) --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Derivational morphology --- Word formation --- Word formation. --- Derivation --- Morphology --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Linguistics --- Philology