Inflectional identity [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Asaf Bachrach and Andrew Nevins

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Disciplina: 414; 415/.95
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Inflection; Linguistics
• Altri autori: BachrachAsaf NevinsAndrew
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; General Preface; The Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Approaching inflectional identity; 2 Paradigms (Optimal and otherwise): A case for skepticism; 3 Clarifying "Blur": Paradigms, defaults, and inflectional classes; 4 Paradigm generation and Northern Sámi stems; 5 Class features as probes; 6 On absolute and contextual syncretism: Remarks on the structure of case paradigms and on how to derive them; 7 A feature-geometric approach to Amharic verb classes; 8 Russian genitive plurals are impostors; 9 Inflectional paradigms have bases too: Arguments from Yiddish ; 10 A pseudo-cyclic effect in Romanian morphophonologyLanguage Index; Topic Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book throws new light on the syntax, morphology, and phonology interfaces by focussing on the key current question of which elements in a paradigm can stand in a relation of partial or total phonological identity. - ;A recurrent issue in linguistic theory and psychology concerns the cognitive status of memorized lists and their internal structure. In morphological theory, the collections of inflected forms of a given noun, verb, or adjective into inflectional paradigms are thought to constitute one such type of list. This book focuses on the question of which elements in a paradigm can st
• Titolo autorizzato: Inflectional identity
• ISBN: 1-383-03590-3; 1-281-82549-2; 9786611825492; 0-19-152744-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782334803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; ; 18.