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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456523903321

Autore

Embick David <1970->

Titolo

Localism versus globalism in morphology and phonology / / David Embick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2010

ISBN

0-262-28934-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 218 p.) : ill

Collana

Linguistic inquiry monographs ; ; 60

Disciplina

415/.9

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Morphology

Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology

Grammar, Comparative and general - Word formation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: (morpho)syntax versus (morpho)phonology -- A localist theory -- Applications and implications -- Phonologically conditioned allomorphy: the globalist intuition -- On the intuition behind phonological selection -- Potentially global interactions are resolved locally -- Discussion.

Sommario/riassunto

David Embick offers a detailed examination of morphology and phonology from a phase-cyclic point of view and the only recent detailed treatment of allomorphy, a phenomenon that is central to understanding how the grammar of human language works.