Morphological Analysis in Comparison
Editors
This volume consists of selected and revised papers from the Seventh International Morphology Meeting, held in 1996 in Vienna. It presents advances in morphological theorizing, such as the foundations of sign-based morphology, the morphology-syntax interface, the boundaries between compounding and derivation, derivation and inflection, and the emergence of morphology from premorphological precursors in early first-language acquisition. The contributions deal with morphological analyses in various fields of the ever-widening domain of morphology and its relevance to the lexicon.
The comparative aspect is reflected in the above-mentioned areas, and through the variety of languages investigated: Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages of Europe, and Asian, African and American languages. This breadth allows valuable insights into current problems of morphological research in America, Western and Eastern Europe.
The comparative aspect is reflected in the above-mentioned areas, and through the variety of languages investigated: Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages of Europe, and Asian, African and American languages. This breadth allows valuable insights into current problems of morphological research in America, Western and Eastern Europe.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 201] 2000. x, 261 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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IntroductionWolfgang U. Dressler, Oskar E. Pfeiffer, Markus A. Pöchtrager and John R. Rennison | p. vii
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An optimality theoretic account for “Ergative Displacement” in BasquePablo Albizu and Luis Eguren | p. 1
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Salish evidence on the causative-inchoative alternationHenry Davis | p. 25
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Prefixation and the head-complement parameterLluïsa Gràcia and Miren Azkarate | p. 61
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Catalan verbal compounds: Internal order and argument interpretationLluïsa Gràcia and Olga Fullana | p. 75
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Are fillers as precursors of morphemes relevant for morphological theory? A case story from the acquisition of FrenchMarianne Kilani-Schoch and Wolfgang U. Dressler | p. 89
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Productivity as a sign of category change: The case of Hungarian verbal PrefixesMária Ladányi | p. 113
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Are Affixes Signs? The semantic relationships of English derivational AffixesAdrienne Lehrer | p. 143
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Athabaskan redux: Against the position class as a morphological categoryJoyce McDonough | p. 155
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Agentive nouns in Dogon: Neither derivation nor inflection?Vladimir A. Plungian | p. 179
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Agreement morphology in ChukotkanAndrew Spencer | p. 191
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Three models of the morphology-syntax interfaceEdwin Williams | p. 223
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Language index | p. 249
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Subject index | p. 251
“[...] a wealth of fresh data from a wide range of languages with interesting discussions of different theoretical approaches and solutions in a lively, but not vitriolic, argumentative style, so that it can be regarded as a welcome contribution towards the integration of theoretical and typological lines of research in the field of morphology.”
Rita Brdar-Szabó in Suvremena linguistica Vol.27.1/2, 2001
“The volume not only presents a wealth of new data and observations, but also includes much high-level theoretical debate and comparison of different approaches to morphology.”
Andrew Simpson in Royal Asiatic Society Vol. 12, issue 1, April 2002
Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
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