The lexeme in descriptive and theoretical morphology / edited by Olivier Bonami, Gilles Boyé, Georgette Dal, Hélène Giraudo, Fiammetta Namer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonami, Oliver, Editor.

Contributor:

Bonami, Oliver, editor.

Boyé, Gilles, editor.

Dal, Georgette, editor.

Giraudo, Hélène, editor.

Namer, Fiammetta, editor.

Series:

Empirically oriented theoretical morphology and syntax ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morphemics.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Word formation.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 543 pages) : PDF, digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Berlin Language Science Press 2018

Berlin, Germany : Language Science Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

After being dominant during about a century since its invention by Baudouin de Courtenay at the end of the nineteenth century, morpheme is more and more replaced by lexeme in contemporary descriptive and theoretical morphology. The notion of a lexeme is usually associated with the work of P. H. Matthews (1972, 1974), who characterizes it as a lexical entity abstracting over individual inflected words. Over the last three decades, the lexeme has become a cornerstone of much work in both inflectional morphology and word formation (or, as it is increasingly been called, lexeme formation). The papers in the present volume take stock of the descriptive and theoretical usefulness of the lexeme, but also adress many of the challenges met by classical lexeme-based theories of morphology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

CC BY

ISBN:

9783961101108

3961101108