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

• Autore: Stonham John T
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Morphology; Lexical grammar
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Combinatorial morphology
• ISBN: 1-283-31580-7; 9786613315809; 90-272-7669-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457283203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 120.