Abstract phonology in a concrete model : cognitive linguistics and the morphology-phonology interface / by Tore Nesset.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nesset, Tore.

Series:

Cognitive linguistics research ; 40.

Cognitive linguistics research, 1861-4132 ; 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Morphophonemics.

Cognitive grammar.

Russian language--Verb.

Russian language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is relevant for phonologists, morphologists, Slavists and cognitive linguists, and addresses two questions: How can the morphology-phonology interface be accommodated in cognitive linguistics? Do morphophonological alternations have a meaning? These questions are explored via a comprehensive analysis of stem alternations in Russian verbs. The analysis is couched in R.W. Langacker's Cognitive Grammar framework, and the book offers comparisons to other varieties of cognitive linguistics, such as Construction Grammar and Conceptual Integration. The proposed analysis is furthermore compared to rule-based and constraint-based approaches to phonology in generative grammar. Without resorting to underlying representations or procedural rules, the Cognitive Linguistics framework facilitates an insightful approach to abstract phonology, offering the important advantage of restrictiveness. Cognitive Grammar provides an analysis of an entire morphophonological system in terms of a parsimonious set of theoretical constructs that all have cognitive motivation. No ad hoc machinery is invoked, and the analysis yields strong empirical predictions. Another advantage is that Cognitive Grammar can identify the meaning of morphophonological alternations. For example, it is argued that stem alternations in Russian verbs conspire to signal non-past meaning. This book is accessible to a broad readership and offers a welcome contribution to phonology and morphology, which have been understudied in cognitive linguistics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Chapter 1. To cut a long story short

Chapter 2. Cognitive grammar and the cognitive linguistics family

Chapter 3. A cognitive approach to phonology

Chapter 4. A cognitive approach to morphology

Chapter 5. Alternations in Cognitive Grammar: The truncation alternation and the one-stem/two-stem controversy

Chapter 6. Neutralization and phonology-morphology interaction: Exceptional infinitive

Chapter 7. Abstractness and alternatives to rule ordering and underlying representations: Exceptional past tense

Chapter 8. Opacity and product-oriented generalizations: Exceptional imperative

Chapter 9. Palatalization and lenition: The softening alternation

Chapter 10. Opacity and non-modularity: Conditioning the softening alternation

Chapter 11. The meaning of alternations: The truncation-softening conspiracy

Chapter 12. Conclusion: Looking back . . . and ahead

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-246) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613428660

9781283428668

1283428660

9783110208368

3110208369

OCLC:

476196908