The Syntax-Morphology Interface ebook Baerman, Matthew, Brown, Dunstan, Corbett, Greville G. Diesel eBooks

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The Syntax-Morphology Interface

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 the first 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. The Syntax-Morphology Interface argues 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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Title of ebook: The Syntax-Morphology Interface
ISBN: 9780511126482
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Internet download file size: 3222 kb
Pages: 272
Released online for download: 08-31-2005
Author of eBook: Baerman, Matthew
Author of eBook: Brown, Dunstan
Author of eBook: Corbett, Greville G.

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