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Localism versus globalism in morphology and phonology / David Embick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Embick, David, 1970-
- Series:
- Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 60.
- Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 60
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Word formation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 218 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- David Embick offers a detailed examination of morphology and phonology from a phase-cyclic point of view and the only recent detailed treatment of allomorphy, a phenomenon that is central to understanding how the grammar of human language works.
- Contents:
- Introduction: (morpho)syntax versus (morpho)phonology
- A localist theory
- Applications and implications
- Phonologically conditioned allomorphy: the globalist intuition
- On the intuition behind phonological selection
- Potentially global interactions are resolved locally
- Discussion.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-28934-2
- OCLC:
- 742513502
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