Morphological Complexity

Informationen zum Autor Matthew Baerman is Senior Research Fellow in the Surrey Morphology Group at the University of Surrey, whose work concentrates on the description, typology and diachrony of morphology, particularly complex infllectional systems. He is the editor of the recent Oxford Handbook of Inflection (2015). Klappentext This book characterises the diverse morphological complexity we find in the languages of the world. Zusammenfassung This book characterises the diverse morphological complexity we find in the languages of the world. Richly illustrated! examples are drawn from dozens of different languages and are subjected to rigorous quantitative analysis. It will be ideal reading for academic researchers and graduate students of linguistics! with a special interest in morphology and English language. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. External typology of inflection classes; 3. Features; 4. Motivation; 5. Conditions on paradigms; 6. Paradigm structure; 7. Lexicon and grammar; 8. Morphological complexity and morphological autonomy; Appendix; References; Indices.

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• Authors: Matthew Baerman, Matthew (University of Surrey) Baerman, Matthew (University of Surrey) Brown Baerman, Dunstan Brown, Dunstan (University of York) Brown, Greville G Corbett, Greville G. Corbett, Greville G. (University of Surrey) Corbett
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781107120648
• ISBN: 978-1-107-12064-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Cambridge Studies in Linguisti; Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Cambridge Studies in Linguisti
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics