Morphotactics: Volume 169

Morphotactics: Volume 169
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 453
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ISBN-10 : 9781009203968
ISBN-13 : 1009203967
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Synopsis Morphotactics: Volume 169 by : Gregory Stump

The study of morphology is central to linguistics, and morphotactics – the general principles by which the parts of a word form are arranged – is essential to the study of morphology. Drawing on evidence from a range of languages, this is a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the principles of morphotactic analysis. Stump proposes that the arrangement of word forms' grammatically significant parts is an expression of the ways in which a language's morphological rules combine with one another to form more specific rules. This rule-combining approach to morphotactics has important implications for the synchronic analysis of both inflectional and derivational morphology, and it provides a solid conceptual platform for understanding both the processing of morphologically complex words and the paths of morphological change. Laying the groundwork for future research on morphotactic analysis, this is essential reading for researchers and graduate students in linguistics, and anyone interested in understanding language structure.

Morphotactics

Morphotactics
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 9789400738898
ISBN-13 : 9400738897
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Synopsis Morphotactics by : Karlos Arregi

This comprehensive treatment of several phenomena in Distributed Morphology explores a number of topics of high relevance to current linguistic theory. It examines the structure of the syntactic and postsyntactic components of word formation, and the role of hierarchical, featural, and linear restrictions within the auxiliary systems of several varieties of Basque. The postsyntactic component is modeled as a highly articulated system that accounts for what is shared and what exhibits variation across Basque dialects. The emphasis is on a principled ordering of postsyntactic operations based on their intrinsic properties, and on the relationship between representations in the Spellout component of grammar with other grammatical modules. The analyses in the book treat related phenomena in other languages and thereby have much to offer for a general morphology readership, as well as those interested in the syntax-morphology interface, the theory of Distributed Morphology, and Basque.

Competition in Inflection and Word-Formation

Competition in Inflection and Word-Formation
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 9783030025502
ISBN-13 : 3030025500
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Synopsis Competition in Inflection and Word-Formation by : Franz Rainer

This is the first volume specifically dedicated to competition in inflection and word-formation, a topic that has increasingly attracted attention. Semantic categories, such as concepts, classes, and feature bundles, can be expressed by more than one form or formal pattern. This departure from the ideal principle "one form – one meaning" is particularly frequent in morphology, where it has been treated under diverse headings, such as blocking, Elsewhere Condition, Pāṇini's Principle, rivalry, synonymy, doublets, overabundance, suppletion and other terms. Since these research traditions, despite the heterogeneous terminology, essentially refer to the same underlying problems, this volume unites the phenomena studied in this field of linguistic morphology under the more general heading of competition. The volume features an extensive state of the art report on the subject and 11 research papers, which represent various theoretical approaches to morphology and address a wide range of aspects of competition, including morphophonology, lexicology, diachrony, language contact, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics and language acquisition.

The Morphosyntax-phonology Connection

The Morphosyntax-phonology Connection
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 489
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ISBN-10 : 9780190210304
ISBN-13 : 0190210303
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Synopsis The Morphosyntax-phonology Connection by : Vera Gribanova

The essays in this volume address a core question regarding the structure of linguistic systems: how much access do the grammatical components - syntax, morphology and phonology - have to each other? The book's fifteen essays make a powerful argument in favor of a particular view of the interaction of these various components, shedding light on the nature of locality domains for allomorph selection, the morphosyntactic properties of the targets of phonological exponence, and adjudicating between competing theories of morphosyntaxphonology interaction. These words incorporate insights from recent theoretical developments such as Optimality Theory and Distributed Morphology, and insights made available to us by contemporary empirical methodologies, including field work and experimental and corpus-based quantitative work.

Morphological Diversity and Linguistic Cognition

Morphological Diversity and Linguistic Cognition
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 375
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ISBN-10 : 9781108479899
ISBN-13 : 1108479898
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Synopsis Morphological Diversity and Linguistic Cognition by : Andrea D. Sims

Bringing together a team of well-known scholars, this book examines the link between linguistic cognition and morphological diversity.

Levels of Linguistic Adaptation

Levels of Linguistic Adaptation
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 349
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ISBN-10 : 9789027283283
ISBN-13 : 9027283281
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Synopsis Levels of Linguistic Adaptation by : Jef Verschueren

This volume comprises the second part of selected papers of the International Pragmatics Conference in Antwerp, August 1987.

The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology

The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 768
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ISBN-10 : 9780191651779
ISBN-13 : 019165177X
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Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology by : Rochelle Lieber

The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology is intended as a companion volume to The Oxford Handbook of Compounding (OUP 2009) Written by distinguished scholars, its 41 chapters aim to provide a comprehensive and thorough overview of the study of derivational morphology. The handbook begins with an overview and a consideration of definitional matters, distinguishing derivation from inflection on the one hand and compounding on the other. From a formal perspective, the handbook treats affixation (prefixation, suffixation, infixation, circumfixation, etc.), conversion, reduplication, root and pattern and other templatic processes, as well as prosodic and subtractive means of forming new words. From a semantic perspective, it looks at the processes that form various types of adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs, as well as evaluatives and the rarer processes that form function words. The book also surveys derivation in fifteen language families that are widely dispersed in terms of both geographical location and typological characteristics.

Understanding and Measuring Morphological Complexity

Understanding and Measuring Morphological Complexity
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 238
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ISBN-10 : 9780191035708
ISBN-13 : 019103570X
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Synopsis Understanding and Measuring Morphological Complexity by : Matthew Baerman

This book aims to assess the nature of morphological complexity, and the properties that distinguish it from the complexity manifested in other components of language. Of the many ways languages have of being complex, perhaps none is as daunting as what can be achieved by inflectional morphology: this volume examines languages such as Archi, which has a 1,000,000-form verb paradigm, and Chinantec, which has over 100 inflection classes. Alongside this complexity, inflection is notable for its variety across languages: one can take two unrelated languages and discover that they share similar syntax or phonology, but one would be hard pressed to find two unrelated languages with the same inflectional systems. In this volume, senior scholars and junior researchers highlight novel perspectives on conceptualizing morphological complexity, and offer concrete means for measuring, quantifying and analysing it. Examples are drawn from a wide range of languages, including those of North America, New Guinea, Australia, and Asia, alongside a number of European languages. The book will be a valuable resource for all those studying complexity phenomena in morphology, and for theoretical linguists more generally, from graduate level upwards.

Austroasiatic Syntax in Areal and Diachronic Perspective

Austroasiatic Syntax in Areal and Diachronic Perspective
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 351
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ISBN-10 : 9789004425606
ISBN-13 : 9004425608
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Synopsis Austroasiatic Syntax in Areal and Diachronic Perspective by :

This volume elevates historical morpho-syntax to a research priority in the field of Southeast Asian language history, transcending the traditional focus on phonology and lexicon. The eleven chapters reflect work by 13 leading researchers in Austroasiatic language studies.

Syntactic Structures and Morphological Information

Syntactic Structures and Morphological Information
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 438
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ISBN-10 : 3110178249
ISBN-13 : 9783110178241
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Synopsis Syntactic Structures and Morphological Information by : Uwe Junghanns

This series consists of collected volumes and monographs about specific issues dealing with interfaces among the subcomponents of linguistic structure: phonology-morphology, phonology-syntax, syntax-semantics, syntax-morphology, and syntax-lexicon. Recent linguistic research has recognized that the subcomponents of grammar interact in non-trivial ways. What is currently under debate is the actual range of such interactions and their most appropriate representation in grammar, and this is precisely the focus of this series. Specifically, it provides a general overview of various topics by examining them through the interaction of grammatical components. The books function as a state-of- the-art report of research.