Allomorphy in Inflexion (Routledge Revivals)

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy Zusammenfassung First published in 1987, this book broke new ground in research on inflectional morphology as before then, it was widely seen as merely the detritus of obsolete phonological processes. Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of languages, the author here shows that the subject deserves more respect and that the book has important implications beyond language, extending into human cognition. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The Satus of Inflexion Paradigms 3. The Paradigm Economy Principle 4. Homonymy within Paradigms 5. Syntagmatic Constraints on Allomorphy 6. Two Questions Concerning Stem Allomorphy 7. A Case Study: Paradigm Economy in German Nouns 8. Next Steps; Bibliography; Indexes

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• Authors: Andrew Carstairs-Mccarthy, Andrew (University of Canterbu Carstairs-Mccarthy, Andrew (University of Canterbury Carstairs-McCarthy, Carstairs-McCarthy Andrew
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.02.2013
• EAN: 9780415825047
• ISBN: 978-0-415-82504-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Morphology, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology