A natural history of infixation / Alan C.L. Yu.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Yu, Alan C. L.

Series:

• Oxford linguistics.
• Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 15.
• Oxford linguistics
• Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Grammar, Comparative and general--Infixes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents the first cross-linguistic study of the phenomenon of infixation, typically associated in English with words like ""im-bloody-possible"", and found in all the world's major linguistic families. Infixation is a central puzzle in prosodic morphology: Professor Yu explores its prosodic, phonological, and morphological characteristics, considers its diverse functions, and formulates a general theory to explain the rules and constraints by which it is governed. Heexamines 154 infixation patterns from over a hundred languages, including examples from Asia, Europe, Africa, New Guin

Contents:

• Contents; Preface; General Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 What is infixation?; 2.1 Defining infixation descriptively; 2.2 Infixes as formal objects; 2.3 Infixation as a phonological process; 2.4 Infixation as morpho-phonological mismatch; 2.5 Phonological Readjustment and Phonological Subcategorization compared; 2.5.1 On the ethological view of infixation; 2.5.2 On the issue of empirical coverage: Problems of undergeneration; 2.5.3 On the predictive power of the theory: Problems with overgeneration; 2.6 Conclusion; 3 Subcategorization in context; 3.1 Subcategorization as Generalized Alignment
• 3.2 Phonological Subcategorization in Sign-Based Morphology3.3 Phonological Subcategorization and constraint overgeneration; 3.4 Understanding the Edge-Bias Effect; 4 Pivot Theory and the typology; 4.1 The Pivot Theory; 4.2 Sampling procedures; 4.3 First consonant; 4.4 First vowel; 4.5 Final syllable; 4.6 Final vowel; 4.7 Stress and related metrical units; 4.8 Other potential pivots; 4.8.1 Final consonant; 4.8.2 First syllable; 4.9 Conclusion; 5 The secret history of infixes; 5.1 Background; 5.2 Toward a diachronic typology of infixation; 5.2.1 Metathesis; 5.2.2 Entrapment
• 5.2.3 Reduplication mutation5.2.4 Morphological excrescence and prosodic stem association; 5.3 Conclusion; 6 Beyond infixation; 6.1 Fake vs. true infixation; 6.2 Infixation in language games and disguises; 6.2.1 Iterative infixal ludling; 6.2.2 A general theory of iterative infixing ludling; 6.3 Endoclisis; 6.3.1 Udi; 6.3.2 Pashto; 6.4 Feature and subcategorization; 6.4.1 Kashaya Pomo; 6.4.2 Tiene; 6.5 Conclusion; Appendix; References; Language Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z; Subject index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S
• TU; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Description based on print version record.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-254) and indexes.

ISBN:

• 0-19-927939-X
• 1-281-16484-4
• 0-19-153544-3
• 1-4356-2380-0
• 9786611164843

OCLC:

712015970