Geert Booij's popular textbook has been revised and updated. It covers every aspect of morphological theory and the analysis of words, examines the relation between morphology and other modules of grammar, and is the only introductory text to explore the role of morphology in language processing and change.

• Part I: What is Linguistic Morphology


• 1: Morphology: basic notions


• 2: Morphological Analysis


• Part II: Word-formation


• 3: Derivation


• 4: Compounding


• Part III: Inflection


• 5: Inflection


• 6: Inflectional Systems


• part IV: Interfaces


• 7: The Interface Between Morphology and Phonology


• 8: Morphology and Syntax: demarcation and interaction


• 9: Morphology and Semantics


• Part V: Morphology and Mind


• 10: Morphology and Psycholinguistics


• 11: Morphology and Language Change


• Part IV: Conclusions


• 12: The Word as a Linguistic Unit


• Answers to questions


• Glossary of terms


• References


• Language index


• Index of terms

Geert Booij is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Leiden, the author of The Morphology of Dutch (2002) and Construction Morphology (2010), both published at Oxford University Press, and founder and editor of the journal Morphology.