"This is a basic introduction to how words are formed. It shows how the component parts of words affects their grammatical function, meaning, and sound." --Provided by publisher.WHAT IS LINGUISTIC MORPHOLOGY?; 1. Morphology: basic notions; 2. Morphological analysis; WORD FORMATION; 3. Derivation; 4. Compounding; INFLECTION; 5. Inflection; 6. Inflectional systems; INTERFACES; 7. The interface between morphology and phonology; 8. Morphology and syntax: demarcation, interaction and interface; 9. Morphology and semantics; MORPHOLOGY AND MIND; 10. Morphology and psycholinguistics; 11. Morphology and language change; REFERENCES; LANGUAGE INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX