The Syntax-Morphology Interface: A Study of Syn. Baerman Hardcover<|

The Syntax-Morphology Interface: A Study of Syn. Baerman Hardcover<|

Cambridge University Press

The Syntax-Morphology InterfaceA Study of Syncretism\nAuthor(s): Matthew Baerman, Dunstan Brown, Greville G. Corbett\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521821810, 978-0521821810\nSynopsis\nSyncretism - where a single form serves two or more morphosyntactic functions - is a persistent problem at the syntax-morphology interface. It results from a 'mismatch' whereby the syntax of a language makes a particular distinction but the morphology does not. This pioneering book provides a full-length study of inflectional syncretism, presenting a typology of its occurrence across a wide range of languages. The implications of syncretism for the syntax-morphology interface have long been recognised: it argues either for an enriched model of feature structure (thereby preserving a direct link between function and form), or for the independence of morphological structure from syntactic structure. This book pre.

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