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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781472503321

Autore

Stonham John T

Titolo

Combinatorial morphology [[electronic resource] /] / John T. Stonham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1994

ISBN

1-283-31580-7

9786613315809

90-272-7669-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 120

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Morphology

Lexical grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. and expanded version of the author's thesis (doctoral--Stanford University).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COMBINATORIAL MORPHOLOGY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. On the Natureof Reduplication; 3. Truncation and SubtractiveMorphology; 4. Exchange Rules andTransformational Power; 5. Ablaut Phenomena; 6. Metathesis in Morphology; 7. Conclusions; References; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a detailed examination of the most important arguments for a process-based theory of morphology and offers a highly-constrained alternative to the powerful mechanisms proposed in processual theories of morphology.Data is presented from dozens of different languages from numerous language families around the world, much of it new to the linguistic forum. The importance of prosodic morphology in the analysis of linguistic phenomena is highlighted and the need for greater constraints on generative power is examined.This work addresses some of the thorniest problems in mor