Beyond morphology : interface conditions on word formation / Peter Ackema and Ad Neeleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ackema, Peter, 1965-

Contributor:

Neeleman, Ad.

Series:

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 6.

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

This book provides a compelling argument for a radically modular view of the human language faculty. It does so on the basis of the most comprehensive study to date of how word formation is constrained by different components of the grammar. Peter Ackema and Ad Neeleman argue that complex words are generated by a dedicated rule system which interacts with the syntax on the one hand and the phonology on the other. Their detailed analysis of these interactions explains numerous observations, many of them new.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [278]-295) and indexes.

ISBN:

0199267286

0199267294

OCLC:

56655564