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Word and Paradigm Morphology
James P. Blevins
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Description for Word and Paradigm Morphology
Paperback. This volume discusses the general perspectives on linguistic morphology offered by word and paradigm models. James Blevins places these models in the larger context of the lineage that extends from classical grammars to current information-theoretic and discriminative learning paradigms. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CFD; CFK; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 174 x 318 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
This volume provides an introduction to word and paradigm models of morphology and the general perspectives on linguistic morphology that they embody. The recent revitalization of these models is placed in the larger context of the intellectual lineage that extends from classical grammars to current information-theoretic and discriminative learning paradigms. The synthesis of this tradition outlined in the volume highlights leading ideas about the organization of morphological systems that are shared by word and paradigm approaches, along with strategies that have been developed to formalize these ideas, and ways in which the ideas have been validated by experimental methodologies. An ... Read more
This volume provides an introduction to word and paradigm models of morphology and the general perspectives on linguistic morphology that they embody. The recent revitalization of these models is placed in the larger context of the intellectual lineage that extends from classical grammars to current information-theoretic and discriminative learning paradigms. The synthesis of this tradition outlined in the volume highlights leading ideas about the organization of morphological systems that are shared by word and paradigm approaches, along with strategies that have been developed to formalize these ideas, and ways in which the ideas have been validated by experimental methodologies. An ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
451g
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199593552
SKU
V9780199593552
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About James P. Blevins
James P. Blevins received his Ph.D in Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1990 and has taught in Cambridge since 1997, where he is currently Reader in Morphology and Syntax. He is a general linguist with a primary focus on the structure and complexity of inflectional and grammatical systems. His research approaches these issues from the standpoint of ... Read more
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