Inflectional Morphology
Inflectional Morphology
A Theory of Paradigm Structure
A new contribution to linguistic theory, this book presents a formal framework for the analysis of word structure in human language. It sets forth the network of hypotheses constituting Paradigm Function Morphology, a theory of inflectional form. The book differs from other recent works on the same subject in that it treats inflectional morphology as an autonomous system of principles rather than as a subsystem of syntax or phonology and it draws on evidence from a diverse range of languages in motivating the proposed conception of word structure.
- A new and challenging contribution to linguistic theory
- Differs from other recent works on the same subject and introduces several new concepts
- Also suitable as a supplementary text for courses on morphology, whether for graduate students or for advanced undergraduates
Product details
February 2006Paperback
9780521024228
328 pages
228 × 151 × 20 mm
0.487kg
5 b/w illus. 65 tables
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- 1. Inferential-realizational morphology
- 2. Paradigm functions
- 3. Rule competition
- 4. Headedness
- 5. Rule blocks
- 6. Stem alternations
- 7. Syncretism
- 8. Conclusions, extensions and alternatives
- Notes
- References
- Index.
