The Syntax-Morphology Interface: A Study of Syncretism

ISBN-13: 9780521102759 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 304 str.

Matthew Baerman; Dunstan Brown; Greville G. Corbett

Opis

Syncretism--where a single form serves two or more morphosyntactic functions--is a persistent problem at the syntax-morphology interface. It results from a 'mismatch', whereby the syntax of a language makes a particular distinction, but the morphology does not. This pioneering book provides the first full-length study of inflectional syncretism, presenting a typology of its occurrence across a wide range of languages. It will be welcomed by linguists interested in the relation between words and the larger units of which they are a part.