Syntax-Morphology Interface : A Study of Syncretism PDF
by Matthew Baerman, Dunstan Brown, Greville G. Corbett
Description
Syncretism - where a single form serves two or more morphosyntactic functions - is a persistent problem at the syntax-morphology interface.
It results from a 'mismatch' whereby the syntax of a language makes a particular distinction but the morphology does not.
This pioneering book provides a full-length study of inflectional syncretism, presenting a typology of its occurrence across a wide range of languages.
The implications of syncretism for the syntax-morphology interface have long been recognised: it argues either for an enriched model of feature structure (thereby preserving a direct link between function and form), or for the independence of morphological structure from syntactic structure.
This book presents a compelling argument for the autonomy of morphology and the resulting analysis is illustrated in a series of formal case studies within Network Morphology.
It will be welcomed by all linguists interested in the relation between words and the larger units of which they are a part.
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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/09/2005
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- ISBN:9780511126482
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/09/2005
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- ISBN:9780511126482
