Variation and change in morphology : selected papers from the 13th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2008 / edited by Franz Rainer ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Morphology Meeting, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Rainer, Franz.

Conference Name:

International Morphology Meeting (13th : 2008 : Vienna, Austria)

International Morphology Meeting

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 310.

Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 310

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology--Congresses.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Linguistics--Congresses.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Company, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The papers in this volume derive from the 13th International Morphology Meeting (Vienna 2008). They all address the main topic of the meeting, viz. variation and change in morphology. Inflectional and derivational morphology are represented on equal terms. The focus is on cases of language-internal variation, such as pattern competition, base variation, form-function mismatches, or morphological pleonasm. Other recurring themes are language contact as a cause of variation, the output-orientedness of morphological patterns, and linguistic economy.The contributions cover a wide variety of languages, both Indo-European (Romance, Germanic and Slavic; Latin, Lithuanian and Romani) and non-Indo-European (Hungarian, Maay, Chinese).

Contents:

Foreword & acknowledgements

Editors' introduction

Affixation vs. conversion: the resolution of conflicting patterns / Laurie Bauer, Salvador Valera & Ana Díaz Negrillo

The -alis/-aris allomorphy revisited / András Cser

French property nouns based on toponyms or ethnic adjectives: A case of base variation / Georgette Dal & Fiammetta Namer

Morphological variation in the construction of French names for inhabitants / Elmar Eggert

The invisible hand of grammaticalization: West-Germanic substitutive infinitive and the prefix ge- / Livio Gaeta

Paradigmatic realignment and morphological change: Diachronic deponency in Network Morphology / Andrew Hippisley

Variation within voice patterns: Morphological change due to syntactic reanalysis / Dalina Kallulli

Areal-typological aspects of word-formation: The case of aktionsart-formation in German, Hungarian, Slavic, Baltic, Romani and Yiddish / Ferenc Kiefer

Variation and change in morphology and syntax: Romance object agreement / Michele Loporcaro

Optional multiple plural marking in Maay /Mary Paster

Lettered words: Using Roman letters to create words in Chinese / Helena Riha & Kirk Baker

Word creation: Definition, Function, Typology / Elke Ronneberger-Sibold

Pleonastic morphology dies hard: Change and variation of definiteness inflection in Lithuanian / Thomas Stolz

Index of subjects & terms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612558719

9781282558717

1282558714

9789027288523

9027288526

OCLC:

639532688