Word Analysis

Textbooks

1. Speech and Language Processing - An Introduction to Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics and Speech Recognition
BY: Daniel Jurafsky and James H. Martin - Chapter 3
Comprehensive coverage of morphological analysis and natural language processing fundamentals.

2. Natural Language Processing - A Paninian Perspective
BY: Akshar Bharti, Vineet Chaitanya and Rajeev Sangal - Chapter 3
Indian perspective on NLP with focus on morphological analysis of Indian languages.

3. An Introduction to Language
BY: Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, and Nina Hyams - Chapter 3
Excellent introduction to morphology and word formation processes.

4. Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication
BY: Adrian Akmajian, Richard A. Demers, Ann K. Farmer, and Robert M. Harnish
Comprehensive coverage of linguistic concepts including morphology.

Video Lectures and Online Courses

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Research Papers and Articles

1. Morphological Analysis for Indian Languages: A Survey
BY: Akshar Bharati, Vineet Chaitanya, and Rajeev Sangal
Journal of Language Resources and Evaluation, 2006

2. Computational Morphology: A Survey
BY: Kemal Oflazer
Computational Linguistics, 1993

3. Morphological Analysis and Generation for Indian Languages
BY: Pushpak Bhattacharyya
Proceedings of COLING, 2010

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Additional Reading

For Advanced Study:

  • "Morphology" by Francis Katamba - Detailed textbook on morphological theory
  • "Word-Formation in English" by Ingo Plag - Focus on English word formation
  • "The Oxford Handbook of Morphology" edited by Andrew Spencer and Arnold M. Zwicky

For Indian Languages:

  • "A Grammar of Modern Hindi" by Yamuna Kachru
  • "Hindi Morphology" by Usha R. Jain
  • "Computational Morphology for Indian Languages" by Pushpak Bhattacharyya

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