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 whose central insight is that paradigms play an essent...

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Beteilige Person: Stump, Gregory T. 1954- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2001
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in linguistics 93
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511486333
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511486333
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511486333
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511486333
Zusammenfassung: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 whose central insight is that paradigms play an essential role in the definition of a language's system of word structure. The theory comprises several unprecedented claims, chief among which is the claim that a language's realization rules serve as clauses in the definition of a paradigm function, an overarching construct which is indispensable for capturing certain kinds of generalizations about inflectional form. This 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 upon evidence from a diverse range of languages in motivating the proposed conception of word structure
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Umfang:1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages)
ISBN:9780511486333
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511486333