Books by Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy

What exactly are words? Are they the things that get listed in dictionaries, or are they the basic units of sentence structure? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy explores the implications of these different approaches to words in English.

What exactly are words? Are they the things that get listed in dictionaries, or are they the basic units of sentence structure? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy explores the implications of these different approaches to words in English.

A comprehensive introduction to approaches to morphology in linguistic theory over the last twenty years. It highlights neglected European theoretical developments and discusses Chomskyan, generative and non-generative approaches.