LEADER 05867nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910823340603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-63775-8 010 $a0-262-30552-6 024 7 $a2027/heb32814 035 $a(CKB)2670000000273672 035 $a(EBL)3339521 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000757208 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11437598 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757208 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10759262 035 $a(PQKB)11425777 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339521 035 $a(OCoLC)813844871 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse24533 035 $a(OCoLC)813844871$z(OCoLC)816041995$z(OCoLC)842839520$z(OCoLC)961590406$z(OCoLC)961893187$z(OCoLC)962655747$z(OCoLC)974371020$z(OCoLC)976025293$z(OCoLC)988532531$z(OCoLC)992033629$z(OCoLC)994895750$z(OCoLC)1037912243$z(OCoLC)1038689663$z(OCoLC)1045518998$z(OCoLC)1055344905$z(OCoLC)1062989269$z(OCoLC)1066504630$z(OCoLC)1081195940 035 $a(OCoLC-P)813844871 035 $a(MaCbMITP)9069 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339521 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10608200 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL395021 035 $a(dli)HEB32814 035 $a(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000464 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000273672 100 $a20111130d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUniversals in comparative morphology $esuppletion, superlatives, and the structure of words /$fJonathan David Bobaljik 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, MA $cMIT Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (333 p.) 225 0 $aCurrent studies in linguistics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-262-01759-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Distributed Morphology; 1.3 Constructing the Database; 1.4 Comparative Typology; 2 Comparative Suppletion; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 *ABA: Explaining a Gap; 2.3 Universal Grammar versus the European Sprachbund; 2.4 Summary; 3 The Containment Hypothesis; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Transparent Containment; 3.3 Comparison and the Synthetic/Analytic Divide; 3.4 The Synthetic Superlative Generalization; 3.5 Containment and Semantic Considerations; 3.6 Chapter Summary; 4 The Comparative-Superlative Generalization: The Data 327 $a4.1 Adjectives4.2 Adverbs; 4.3 Quantifiers; 4.4 Chapter Summary; 5 Theoretical Refinements; 5.1 Introduction: Taking Stock; 5.2 Conditions on Suppletion: Exponence versus Readjustment; 5.3 Adjacency, ABC, *AAB; 5.4 AAB Ablaut; 5.5 Merger, Rule Ordering, Diacritics, and Acquisition; 6 Getting Better: Comparison and Deadjectival Verbs; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Preliminary Remarks; 6.3 Deadjectival Degree Achievements: Doubting Dowty; 6.4 To Good, to Badden, and to Many; 6.5 Summary: What's the Difference?; 7 Complexity, Bundling, and Lesslessness; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Lesslessness 327 $a7.3 Conservative Decomposition: Adjacency and Bundling7.4 Concluding Remarks; Appendixes; A The Broad Sample; B The Focused Survey; C Principal Sources; References; Name Index; Subject Index; Language Index; Current Studies in Linguistics 330 $aAn argument for, and account of linguistic universals in the morphology of comparison, combining empirical breadth and theoretical rigor. This groundbreaking study of the morphology of comparison yields a surprising result: that even in suppletion (the wholesale replacement of one stem by a phonologically unrelated stem, as in good-better-best) there emerge strikingly robust patterns, virtually exceptionless generalizations across languages. Jonathan David Bobaljik describes the systematicity in suppletion, and argues that at least five generalizations are solid contenders for the status of linguistic universals. The major topics discussed include suppletion, comparative and superlative formation, deadjectival verbs, and lexical decomposition. Bobaljik's primary focus is on morphological theory, but his argument also aims to integrate evidence from a variety of subfields into a coherent whole. In the course of his analysis, Bobaljik argues that the assumptions needed bear on choices among theoretical frameworks and that the framework of Distributed Morphology has the right architecture to support the account. In addition to the theoretical implications of the generalizations, Bobaljik suggests that the striking patterns of regularity in what otherwise appears to be the most irregular of linguistic domains provide compelling evidence for Universal Grammar. The book strikes a unique balance between empirical breadth and theoretical detail. The phenomenon that is the main focus of the argument, suppletion in adjectival gradation, is rare enough that Bobaljik is able to present an essentially comprehensive description of the facts; at the same time, it is common enough to offer sufficient variation to explore the question of universals over a significant dataset of more than three hundred languages. 410 0$aCurrent studies in linguistics series ;$v50. 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general$xMorphology 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSyntax 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general$xWord formation 606 $aLinguistics 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general$xMorphology. 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSyntax. 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general$xWord formation. 615 0$aLinguistics. 676 $a415/.9 700 $aBobaljik$b Jonathan David$01016156 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823340603321 996 $aUniversals in comparative morphology$92376274 997 $aUNINA