Network Morphology - A Defaults-Based Theory of Word Structure

Informationen zum Autor Dunstan Brown investigates autonomous morphology, morphology-syntax interaction, and typology. His recent work has focused on describing and understanding different aspects of morphological complexity. After graduating with a BA in Modern Languages and a Master of Linguistics from the University of Manchester, he completed a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Surrey and worked there for many years before taking up a 50th Anniversary Chair at the University of York in 2012. Klappentext A study of word structure using a specific theoretical framework known as 'Network Morphology'. Zusammenfassung Morphology is particularly challenging! because it is pervaded by irregularity and idiosyncrasy. This book is a study of word structure using a specific theoretical framework known as 'Network Morphology'. It will be a valuable contribution to the fields of linguistic typology and morphology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Options in constructing a morphological framework; 2. A framework for morphological defaults; 3. Inflectional classes; 4. Syncretism; 5. Morphological mismatch and extended deponency; 6. Defaults and paradigmatic restructuring; 7. Derivation; 8. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Dunstan Brown, Dunstan (University of York) Hippisley Brown, Dunstan Hippisley Brown, Andrew Hippisley
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2012
• EAN: 9781107005747
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00574-7
• No. of pages: 346
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguisti
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics