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Beyond Morphology: Interface Conditions on Word Formation


Beyond Morphology: Interface Conditions on Word Formation

Paperback by Ackema, Peter (Department of Dutch, University of Nijmegen); Neeleman, Ad (Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London)

Beyond Morphology: Interface Conditions on Word Formation

£45.99

ISBN:
9780199267293
Publication Date:
7 Oct 2004
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
320 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 27 May - 1 Jun 2024
Beyond Morphology: Interface Conditions on Word Formation

Description

The phenomena discussed by the authors range from synthetic compounding in English to agreement alternations in Arabic and complementizer agreement in dialects of Dutch. Their exposition combines insights from lexicalism and distributed morphology, and is expressed in terms accessible to scholars and advanced students. - unique exploration of interfaces of morphology with syntax and phonology - wide empirical scope with many new observations - theoretically innovative and important - accessible to students with chapters designed for use in teaching

Contents

Acknowledgements ; 1. Morphology and Modularity ; 2. Arguments for Word Syntax ; 3. Competition Between Syntax and Morphology ; 4. Generalized Insertion ; 5. Distributed Selection ; 6. Context-Sensitive Spell-Out and Adjacency ; 7. PF Feature Checking ; References ; Index

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