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Defaults in Morphological Theory
Andrew . Ed(S): Hippisley
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Hardback. This volume sets out four different default-based frameworks for describing morphology. Major proponents of these frameworks address a range of questions about the role of defaults in the lexicon, such as the place of morphology in the grammar and the challenge of meaning-form dissociations that plagues morphology. Editor(s): Hippisley, Andrew. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CFK; CFX; JM. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Chapters in this volume describe morphology using four different frameworks that have an architectural property in common: they all use defaults as a way of discovering and presenting systematicity in the least systematic component of grammar. These frameworks - Construction Morphology, Network Morphology, Paradigm-function Morphology, and Word Grammar - display key differences in how they constrain the use and scope of defaults, and in the morphological phenomena that they address. An introductory chapter presents an overview of defaults in linguistics and specifically in morphology. In subsequent chapters, key proponents of the four frameworks seek to answer questions about the ... Read more
Chapters in this volume describe morphology using four different frameworks that have an architectural property in common: they all use defaults as a way of discovering and presenting systematicity in the least systematic component of grammar. These frameworks - Construction Morphology, Network Morphology, Paradigm-function Morphology, and Word Grammar - display key differences in how they constrain the use and scope of defaults, and in the morphological phenomena that they address. An introductory chapter presents an overview of defaults in linguistics and specifically in morphology. In subsequent chapters, key proponents of the four frameworks seek to answer questions about the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198712329
SKU
V9780198712329
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99-51
About Andrew . Ed(S): Hippisley
Nikolas Gisborne is Professor of Linguistics and Head of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh. His main interests are in event structure and its relationship to morphosyntax, the lexicon, and language change. His book The Event Structure of Perception Verbs was published by OUP in 2010. He is the co-editor, with Willem Hollmann, of Theory and Data ... Read more
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