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The article is about the internal structure of words; in addition, it provides information on concepts such as word-form, aspects of productivity, the vexed problems of inflection versus derivation and the essential nature of the morpheme. It also looks into the theory of morphology and word-formation, considering fundamental problems such as the nature of morphological universals and how morphology and morphemes can change over time.

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The text is intended to provide an introduction to the fundamental notions involved in the study of linguistic morphology.

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The paper provides essential information on aspects of morphology and word-formation in a concise and legible/intelligible way.

Professor Rainer Schulze
Leibniz University of Hanover

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This page is a summary of: Morphologie des Englischen, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-62806-5_18.
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