Combinatorial morphology / John T. Stonham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stonham, John T.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 120.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 120

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Lexical grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a detailed examination of the most important arguments for a process-based theory of morphology and offers a highly-constrained alternative to the powerful mechanisms proposed in processual theories of morphology.Data is presented from dozens of different languages from numerous language families around the world, much of it new to the linguistic forum. The importance of prosodic morphology in the analysis of linguistic phenomena is highlighted and the need for greater constraints on generative power is examined.This work addresses some of the thorniest problems in mor

Contents:

COMBINATORIAL MORPHOLOGY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. On the Natureof Reduplication; 3. Truncation and SubtractiveMorphology; 4. Exchange Rules andTransformational Power; 5. Ablaut Phenomena; 6. Metathesis in Morphology; 7. Conclusions; References; General Index

Notes:

Rev. and expanded version of the author's thesis (doctoral--Stanford University).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31580-7

9786613315809

90-272-7669-2

OCLC:

759101570