Current Morphology - 9780415009980

Taylor & Francis

A comprehensive introduction to approaches to morphology in linguistic theory over the last twenty years. It highlights neglected European theoretical developments and discusses Chomskyan, generative and non-generative approaches. > This book aims to provide a thorough and wide-ranging introduction to approaches to morphology in linguistic theory over the last twenty years. This comprehensive survey concentrates not only on the generative linguistic mainstream, but on approaches that are less fashionable or relatively unknown to English-speaking linguists, and highlights recent European, particularly German-speaking research. > Part I INTRODUCTION 1 Aims and scope 2 Morphology and the lexicon Part II THE CHOMSKYAN IMPETUS IN MORPHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 3 Morphology and phonology 4 Morphology and syntax Part III OTHER IMPETUSES IN MORPHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 5 Typological and diachronic issues 6 Meaning-based approaches to morphology 7 Morphosyntactic properties and their realisation 8 Na.