Preface viii
Acknowledgments xiv
Abbreviations xv
Remarks on Transcription xviii
The International Phonetic Alphabet xx
1 Thinking about Morphology and Morphological Analysis 1
1.1 What is Morphology? 1
1.2 Morphemes 2
1.3 Morphology in Action 4
1.4 Background and Beliefs 10
1.5 Introduction to Morphological Analysis 12
1.6 Summary 22
Introduction to Kujamaat Joola 23
Further Reading 26
Exercises 27
2 Words and Lexemes 33
2.1 What is a Word? 34
2.2 Empirical Tests for Wordhood 38
2.3 Types of Words 40
2.4 Inflection vs. Derivation 47
2.5 Two Approaches to Morphology: Item-and-Arrangement, Item-and-Process 49
2.6 The Lexicon 54
2.7 Summary 57
Kujamaat Joola Noun Classes 58
Further Reading 67
Exercises 68
3 Morphology and Phonology 73
3.1 Allomorphs 74
3.2 Prosodic Morphology 78
3.3 Primary and Secondary Affixes 82
3.4 Linguistic Exaptation, Leveling, and Analogy 86
3.5 Morphophonology and Secret Languages 93
3.6 Summary 95
Kujamaat Joola Morphophonology 96
Further Reading 103
Exercises 104
4 Derivation and the Lexicon 109
4.1 The Saussurean Sign 109
4.2 Motivation and Compositionality 110
4.3 Derivation and Structure 123
4.4 Summary 130
Derivation in Kujamaat Joola 131
Further Reading 132
Exercises 133
5 Derivation and Semantics 136
5.1 The Polysemy Problem 137
5.2 The Semantics of Derived Lexemes 139
5.3 Summary 147
Derivation and Verbs in Kujamaat Joola 148
Further Reading 151
Exercises 152
6 Inflection 157
6.1 What is Inflection? 159
6.2 Inflection vs. Derivation 168
6.3 Inventory of Inflectional Morphology Types 171
6.4 Syncretism 177
6.5 Typology 178
6.6 Summary 180
Agreement in Kujamaat Joola 182
Further Reading 187
Exercises 189
7 Morphology and Syntax 196
7.1 Morphological vs. Syntactic Inflection 197
7.2 Structural Constraints on Morphological Inflection 198
7.3 Inflection and Universal Grammar 201
7.4 Grammatical Function Change 203
7.5 Summary 209
Kujamaat Joola Verb Morphology 212
A Brief Survey of Kujamaat Joola Syntax 219
Further Reading 222
Exercises 223
8 Morphological Productivity and the Mental Lexicon 226
8.1 What is Morphological Productivity? 227
8.2 Productivity and Structure: Negative Prefixes in English 230
8.3 Degrees of Productivity 231
8.4 Salience and Productivity 236
8.5 Testing Productivity 238
8.6 The Mental Lexicon, Psycholinguistics, and Neurolinguistics 246
8.7 Conclusion 252
Further Reading 253
Exercises 254
Glossary 258
References 273
Index 280
