Regimes of derivation in syntax and morphology / Edwin Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Edwin, author.

Series:

Routledge leading linguists ; 18.

Routledge leading linguists ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.

Generative grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Regimes of Derivation in Syntax and Morphology presents a theory of the architecture of the human linguistic system that differs from all current theories on four key points. First, the theory rests on a modular separation of word syntax from phrasal syntax, where word syntax corresponds roughly to what has been called derivational morphology. Second, morphosyntax (corresponding to what is traditionally called ""inflectional morphology"") is the immediate spellout of the syntactic merge operation, and so there is no separate morphosyntactic component. There is no LF (logical form)

Contents:

"Dumping lexicalism"

Derivational prefixes are projective, not realizational

Merge and mirrors

Functional structure and derivation

Subjects of different heights

There is no alternative to cartography

Scope and verb meanings

Islands regained.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-82481-2

1-283-10447-4

9786613104472

1-136-82482-0

0-203-83079-2

9780203830796

OCLC:

713022991