Modular approaches to morphology: Introduction

Paper presented at a morphology workshop, Leiden U & Free U Amsterdam, The Netherlands, spring 1985. A description of the general orientation of the papers presented at a workshop on morphology held at Leiden U in the spring of 1985. The selection of papers in this issue represents differing approaches to important topics in morphology, including: the role of semantic properties of complex words, the role of morphological productivity, the importance of paradigmatic vs syntagmatic axes of word structure, & types of theoretical explanation. B. Annesser Murray