Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy
Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy | |
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| Born | 27 August 1945 |
| Education | School of Oriental and African Studies (PhD) |
| Known for | works on English morphology |
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| Fields | Morphology, Word formation |
| Institutions | University of Canterbury |
| Thesis | Constraints on allomorphy in inflexion (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Theodora Bynon, Geoffrey C. Horrocks |
| Other academic advisors | Paul Kiparsky, Dick Hudson |
Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy (born 27 August 1945) is a linguist and Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury. He is known for his expertise on morphology and word formation.[1][2]
Books[]
- The Evolution of Morphology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 272pp. 2010
- An Introduction to English Morphology. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 151pp. 2002
- The origins of complex language: an inquiry into the evolutionary beginnings of sentences, syllables and truth. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 260. 1999
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