Inflectional identity / edited by Asaf Bachrach and Andrew Nevins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bachrach, Asaf, editor.

Nevins, Andrew, editor.

Series:

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 18.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 18

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Inflection.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title throws new light on the syntax, morphology, and phonology interfaces by focussing on the key current question of which elements in a paradigm can stand in a relation of partial or total phonological identity.

Contents:

Contents; General Preface; The Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Approaching inflectional identity; 2 Paradigms (Optimal and otherwise): A case for skepticism; 3 Clarifying "Blur": Paradigms, defaults, and inflectional classes; 4 Paradigm generation and Northern Sámi stems; 5 Class features as probes; 6 On absolute and contextual syncretism: Remarks on the structure of case paradigms and on how to derive them; 7 A feature-geometric approach to Amharic verb classes; 8 Russian genitive plurals are impostors; 9 Inflectional paradigms have bases too: Arguments from Yiddish

10 A pseudo-cyclic effect in Romanian morphophonologyLanguage Index; Topic Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03590-3

1-281-82549-2

9786611825492

0-19-152744-0

OCLC:

458705800