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An Introduction to English Morphology: Words and Their Structure by Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy
Book Description:
Topics
include: words, sentences and dictionaries a word and its parts (roots
and affixes) a word and its forms (inflection) a word and its relatives
(derivation) compound words word structure productivity and the
historical sources of English word formation. It presupposes no
linguistic training, is aimed at students of English (literature or
language) and also provides a sound basis for further linguistic study.
Exercise material, with answers and discussion, has been included, to
serve as models for further exercises.