The Syntax-Morphology Interface: A Study of Syncretism (Hardcover)

Matthew Baerman

ISBN 10: 0521821819 / ISBN 13: 9780521821810

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005

Beschreibung

Hardcover. 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. 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. It will be welcomed by linguists interested in the relation between words and the larger units of which they are a part. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Syntax-Morphology Interface: A Study of Syncretism (Hardcover)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521821819
• ISBN-13: 9780521821810
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

This pioneering book provides a full-length study of inflectional syncretism, presenting a typology of its occurrence across a wide range of languages.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Matthew Baerman is Research Fellow in Linguistics at the University of Surrey.

Dunstan Brown investigates autonomous morphology, morphology-syntax interaction, and typology. His recent work has focused on describing and understanding different aspects of morphological complexity. After graduating with a BA in Modern Languages and a Master of Linguistics from the University of Manchester, he completed a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Surrey and worked there for many years before taking up a 50th Anniversary Chair at the University of York in 2012.

Greville G. Corbett is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of Surrey.