Understanding Morphology by Andrea Sims - A Synchronic Study of Word Structure

Andrea D. Sims is Assistant Professor of Slavic Linguistics at the Ohio State University. He has successfully presented out an introduction to the study of word structure that starts at the very beginning in his book -- Understanding Morphology.

“Understanding Morphology” is the fully revised new edition by the author which inline with the latest research in the field of Morphology - a study of forms of things, especially words and their structure. After a deep research and analyzes, the author has neatly described out the theories, assuming no knowledge of the field of morphology on the part of the readers.

This book presents a broad range of morphological phenomena from a wide variety of languages. Starting with the core areas of inflection and derivation, the book presents the interactions and boundaries between morphology and syntax and also between morphology and phonology -- the study of sounds in languages. The synchronic study of word structure is covered based on the phenomena of historical development and changes such as analogy and grammaticalization. Theories are presented clearly in accessible language with the main purpose of shedding light on the data, rather than as a goal in them. The author has consistently drawn on the best research available, thus utilizing and discussing both functionalist and generative theoretical approaches.

In this book, each chapter includes summary, suggestions for further reading, and exercises so that readers are guided and developed wisely in a systematic manner. This is the ideal book for either beginning students of linguistics or anyone in a related discipline looking for a first introduction to morphology.

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