Complex verb formation / D. Gary Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, D. Gary.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 95.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 95

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Word formation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This investigation of complex verb formation seeks to identify and clarify the way(s) in which a base verb becomes 'complex'. The author carefully considers both the syntactic and the morphological side of this question, and in doing so brings a wealth of data from very diverse languages to bear on claims made about the relationship between syntactic and morphological structure. The work takes the radical position that most data admit of either a syntactic (Phrase Structure) or lexical analysis because both are likely to be valid - under different circumstances. Both approaches are consistentl

Contents:

COMPLEX VERB FORMATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; ABBREVIATIONS; Table of contents; PREFACE; 1. GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT MORPHOLOGY; 2. THEORIES OF VERBAL MORPHEME ORDER; 3. PRINCIPLES AND PARAMETERS IN MORPHOLOGY; 4 THE FP HYPOTHESIS, COMPOUNDING, AND INCORPORATION; 5. PREPOSITION INCORPORATION; 6. GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION CHANGING PROCESSES; 7. PASSIVE, MIDDLE, AND ERGATIVE; 8. REFLEXIVE AND RECIPROCAL VERBS; 9. REFLEXIVE INCORPORATION AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE IN SCANDINAVIAN; 10. ON THE NOTION 'PASSIVE MORPHOLOGY'; 11. CAUSATIVE VERB FORMATION

12. COMPLEXINTERACTIONSREFERENCES; LANGUAGE INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-369) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31298-0

9786613312983

90-272-7699-4

OCLC:

759101340