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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450988503321

Autore

Julien Marit

Titolo

Syntactic Heads and Word Formation [[electronic resource] ] : A Study of Verbal Inflection

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2002

ISBN

1-280-83456-0

0-19-803411-3

0-19-534882-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Collana

Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general

Order (Grammar)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: An Overview of the Work; 1 On Syntax and Complex Words; 2 Head Movement and Complex Heads; 3 Head-Final Languages; 4 Prefixes; 5 The Distribution of Verbal Markers; 6 On the Morphology Module; Conclusion: The Nature of Words; Appendix 1: Symbols and Abbreviations; Appendix 2: A Survey of Word Order and Verb Morphology; References; Other Sources Consulted for Language Classification and Language Data; Language Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Marit Julien investigates the relation between morphology and syntax, or more specifically, the relation between the form of inflected verbs and the position of those verbs. She surveys 530 languages and shows that, with the exception of agreement markers, the positioning of verbal inflectional markers relative to verb stems is compatible with a syntactic approach to morphology.