Morphotactics : a rule-combining approach / Gregory Stump.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stump, Gregory T. (Gregory Thomas), 1954- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; v. 169.

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; v. 169

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

xxx, 422 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"The study of morphology is central to linguistics, and morphotactics - the general principles by which the parts of a word form are arranged - is essential to the study of morphology. Drawing on evidence from a range of languages, this is a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the principles of morphotactic analysis. Stump proposes that the arrangement of word forms' grammatically significant parts is an expression of the ways in which a language's morphological rules combine with one another to form more specific rules. This rule-combining approach to morphotactics has important implications for the synchronic analysis of both inflectional and derivational morphology, and it provides a solid conceptual platform for understanding both the processing of morphologically complex words and the paths of morphological change. Laying the groundwork for future research on morphotactic analysis, this is essential reading for researchers and graduate students in linguistics, and anyone interested in understanding language structure"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Canonical morphotactics

Rule combinations

Dependent rules and carrier rules

Rule composition and rule ordering

Extending canonical morphotactic criteria to composite rules

Rule combinations expressing holistic content

Rule aggregation

Complex morphotactic interactions in Swahili

The non-associativity of rule composition in Murrinhpatha

Potentiation and counterpotentiation

Rule combinations and morphological simplicity

Rule-combining morphotactics and morphological theories

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Stump, Gregory T. (Gregory Thomas), 1954- Morphotactics

ISBN:

9781009168212

1009168215

9781009168199

1009168193

OCLC:

1341844444