This is a textbook right in the thick of current interest in morphology. It proposes principles to predict properties previously considered arbitrary and brings together the psychological and the diachronic to explain the recurrent properties of morphological systems in terms of the processes that create them. For the student, the clear discussion of morphology and morphophonemics and the rich variety of data brought in on the way to the theoretical conclusion is material for a direct learning experience.
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1. Morphology and Morpho-Phonemics; 2. Toward explanation in Morphology; 3. Semantic Determinants of Inflectional Expression; 4. The Organization of Paradigms; 5. The Lexical/ Derivational/ Inflectional Continuum; 6. Two Principles in a Dynamic Model of Lexical Representation; 7. Aspect, Tense and Mood Inflections in the Languages of the world; 8. Aspect; 9. Tense; 10. Mood; 11. Aspect, Tense and Mood as Grammatical Categories; 12. Conclusion; 13. Appendix:Languages of Perkins' sample; 14. References; 15. Index
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ISBN
9789027228789
Published
1985-01-01
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Weight
580 gr
Height
245 mm
Width
164 mm
Age
U, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
246

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