An Introduction to English Morphology: Words and Their Structure by Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy

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.