Morphology and its Interfaces

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Graeme Davis

Abstract

Morphology and it Interfaces is a composite volume presenting eleven chapters and at least as many distinct voices from eighteen contributors. As such, a degree of divergence in topic, theoretical standpoint and tone has to be accepted. The volume does not seek to resolve these differences beyond utilisation of a basic thematic division around the major types of morphological interfaces. There is some limited cross-reference within some chapters to the topics of others which promotes a sense of unity, while the provision of a volume index helps navigate what could otherwise be unduly isolated chapters. The editors’ introduction provides a useful abstract of each chapter, along with an indication of the principles of internal coherence. In this the editors have done as much as is reasonable in a volume of this nature, presenting as a single book a collection of papers differing in the language from which their data is drawn, the morphological interface examined, and the methological approach to morphology adopted by their authors.

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Graeme Davis

DR GRAEME DAVIS is lecturer in English and Applied Linguistics at the Open University. Previously Head of English as a Foreign Language and Head of Modern Languages at Northumbria University, his research is in dialectology, lexicography and both historical and applied linguistics with a focus on the Germanic North Atlantic region. He co-edits the monograph series Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics and Studies in Historical Linguistics, both published by Peter Lang, Oxford, and is an editor for the journals Literary and Cultural Studies (University of Zagreb) and Glossa (Universidad del Turabo), as well as a reviewer for The Linguist List.