Combinatorial Morphology:
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Main Author: Stonham, John T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co. 1994
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Item Description: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
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 morpholog
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (218 pages)
ISBN:9027276692
9789027276698

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