The Syntax-Morphology Interface : A Study of Syncretism / Matthew Baerman, Dunstan Brown, Greville G. Corbett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baerman, Matthew.

Brown, Dunstan.

Corbett, Greville G.

Series:

Cambridge books online.

Cambridge Studies in Linguistics ; no. 109

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphosyntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Inflection.

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1 online resource (304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Contents:

1.1 History of the notion 3

1.2 Delimiting the notion of syncretism 4

1.3 Scope of the investigation 7

1.3.1 Typological methodology 7

1.3.2 Selection of forms 8

1.4 Accidental versus systematic homophony 9

1.5.1 Supporting materials 10

1.5.2 Glossing conventions 11

2 Characteristics of syncretism 13

2.1 Syncretic paradigms 13

2.1.1 Types 13

2.1.2 Implications 17

2.2 Domains of comparison 17

2.2.1 Morphological classes 17

2.2.2 Feature values 19

2.3 Morphological characteristics 23

2.4 A typology of interpretations 27

2.4.1 Syncretism as neutralization 28

2.4.2 Syncretism as uninflectedness 30

2.4.3 Canonical syncretism 33

3 Cross-linguistic typology of features 37

3.1 Case 38

3.1.2 Types of case syncretism 40

3.2 Person 57

3.2.2 Patterns of syncretism 59

3.2.3 Directional effects 63

3.2.4 Diachrony 70

3.3 Person syncretism in two-place verbs 75

3.3.2 Syncretism of subject person 76

3.3.3 Syncretism of object person 79

3.3.4 Other patterns 80

3.4 Gender 81

3.4.2 Gender and number 82

3.4.2.1 Smaller systems 83

3.4.2.2 Larger systems 86

3.4.3 Syncretism restricted by target 90

3.5 Number 92

3.5.2 Values 93

3.5.3 Directionality 94

3.6 Tense-aspect-mood 95

3.6.2 Affix suppression 96

3.6.3 Syncretic affixes 100

3.6.4 Compound systems 101

3.7 Polarity effects 103

3.7.2 Morphological systematicity 105

3.7.3 Semantic systematicity 108

3.8 The interaction of features 111

3.8.2 Syncretisms and their contexts 112

3.8.3 Nominal feature interactions 113

3.8.3.1 Typologies of interaction 113

3.8.3.2 Exploring interaction 114

3.8.3.3 Constraints on nominal features 118

3.8.4 Verbal feature interactions 119

3.8.4.1 Verbal paradigms 120

3.8.4.2 Exploring the verb data 121

3.8.5 Interpreting the generalisations 123

3.8.5.1 Number, case and gender on nominals 123

3.8.5.2 TAM and agreement on verbs 123

4 Formal representation 126

4.2 Defining sets of values 126

4.2.1 Natural classes 126

4.2.2 Unnatural classes 131

4.2.3 A note on polarity effects 132

4.3 Symmetrical versus directional rules 133

4.3.1 Convergent bidirectional syncretism 136

4.3.2 Divergent bidirectional syncretism 139

4.3.3 Symmetrical versus directional rules: a summary 144

4.3.4 Ranked constraints as an alternative to directional syncretism 145

4.4 Possible constraints on syncretism 150

4.4.1 Variants on hierarchical structures 150

4.4.2 Carstairs (1987), Carstairs-McCarthy (1998a, b) 151

4.4.3 Impoverishment 160

4.4.4 Stump (2001) and Zwicky (2000) 163

4.5.1 Predictions and counter-examples 166

4.5.2 Towards a model of syncretism 169

5 Formal framework and case studies 171

5.1 Network Morphology and syncretism 172

5.1.1 Inferential-realizational theories and morphology 175

5.1.2 Default inheritance 177

5.1.3 Underspecification and semantic naturalness 180

5.1.4 Systematicity in Network Morphology 182

5.2 Case study 1: Dhaasanac 183

5.3 Case study 2: The Dalabon verbal system 186

5.3.1 The structure of the Dalabon intransitive paradigm 187

5.3.2 The Dalabon transitive paradigm and the inadequacy of underspecification 188

5.3.3 The Dalabon transitive paradigm: a generalized referral analysis 194

5.3.4 The verbal hierarchy 199

5.3.5 The shape of the verbal paradigm 200

5.3.6 Referral of 1 > 2sG to 3 > 2sG 203

5.3.7 Referral of 2 > 1 to 3 > 1 203

5.3.8 Dalabon: summing up 203

5.4 Case study 3: The Russian nominal system 204

5.4.1 Domains of syncretism 206

5.4.1.1 Phonologically determined 'syncretism' 206

5.4.1.2 Lexically determined syncretism 206

5.4.1.3 Morphologically determined syncretism 207

5.4.1.4 Candidates for syntactically determined syncretism 213

5.4.2 Orthogonal specification of syncretism 216

6.1 Taking stock 219

6.2 Results 220

6.3 Consequences 221

Appendix 1 Case syncretism in the World Atlas of Language Structures sample 223

Appendix 2 Person syncretism in the World Atlas of Language Structures sample 228

Appendix 3 Syncretism in two-place verbs in the World Atlas of Language Structures corpus 233

Appendix 4 DATR fragment for Dhasaanac case study 236

Appendix 5 DATR fragment for Dalabon case study 242

Appendix 6 DATR fragment for Russian case study 248.

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