Morphological analysis in comparison / edited by Wolfgang U. Dressler ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dressler, Wolfgang U., 1939-

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 201.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 201

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

ix, 253 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., c2000.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS IN COMPARISON

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Contents

Introduction

An optimality theoretic account for "Ergative Displacement" in Basque

Salish evidence on the causative-inchoative alternation

Prefixation and the head-complement parameter

Catalan verbal compounds: Internal order and argument interpretation

Are fillers as precursors of morphemes relevant for morphological theory?

Productivity as a sign of category change: The case of Hungarian verbal prefixes

Are Affixes Signs? The semantic relationships of English derivational affixes

Athabaskan redux: Against the position class as a morphological category

Agentive nouns in Dogon: Neither derivation nor inflection?

Agreement morphology in Chukotkan

Three models of the morphology-syntax interface

Language index

Subject index

CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612163708

9781282163706

1282163701

9789027299574

9027299579

OCLC:

70769269