Preface to the first edition page ix // Preface to the second edition ix // Principal references x // 1 What is morphology ? i // The scope of morphology 9 // Morphology and general linguistic theory 19 // 2 Word, word-form and lexeme 24 // Practical illustrations 31 // Lexical and inflectional morphology 36 // 3 Inflections and word-formation 42 // Why the distinction ? 43 // Change and indeterminacy 54 // 4 Lexical derivation 61 // Formations 63 // Productivity 69 // 5 Compounds 82 // The syntax of compounds 85 // Compounds and non-compounds 93 // 6 Morphemes and allomorphs 102 // An agglutinating system 107 // Types of alternation 114 // 7 Morphological processes 122 // Inflectional formations 126 // Types of morphological process 130 // 8 Morphophonemics 145 // Sandhi i49 // The scope of morphophonemics 157 // vii // Contents // 9 Properties and their exponents 168 // Flection 170 // Types of exponence 179 // IO Paradigms 185 // An ancient model 188 // A modern adaptation 197 // 11 Inflectional morphology and syntax 206 // What are words? 208 // Problems and discrepancies 215 // 12 Iconicity 223 // Central and peripheral categories 226 // Marked and unmarked 234 // Index 246