Contemporary morphological theories : a user's guide /: a user's guide. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas W. Stewart.
• Authors: Stewart, Thomas W, 1967-
• Contents: Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Foreword. 1 Opening the discussion : Morphology: what and why? -- Theory and metatheory -- The continua: how to interpret a table -- Morpheme-based versus word/lexeme-based -- Formalist versus functionalist -- In-grammar versus in-lexicon -- Phonological versus syntactic formalism -- Incremental versus realisational -- The road ahead. 2 Theory profiles : A brief prologue -- A-morphous morphology -- Autolexical syntax/automodular grammar -- Categorial morphology -- Construction morphology -- Distributed morphology -- Lexeme-morpheme base morphology -- Lexical morphology and phonology/stratal optimality theory -- Minimalist morphology -- Natural morphology -- The network model -- Network morphology -- Paradigm function morphology -- Prosodic morphology -- Word-based morphology -- Word syntax -- Overview. 3 Time for a test drive: putting descriptive framework through their paces : Purpose of this chapter -- 3.1 Scottish Gaelic nouns: initial consonant mutation : A-morphous morphology -- Autolexical syntax/automodular grammar -- Categorial morphology -- Construction morphology -- Distributed morphology -- Lexeme-morpheme base morphology -- Lexical morphology and phonology/stratal optimality theory -- Minimalist morphology -- Natural morphology -- Paradigm function morphology -- Prosodic morphology -- Word-based morphology -- Word syntax -- What is at stake here? 3.2 Georgian verbs: agreement marker disjunctivity : A-morphous morphology -- Autolexical syntax/automodular grammar -- Categorial morphology -- Construction morphology -- Distributed morphology -- Lexeme-morpheme base morphology -- Lexical morphology and phonology/stratal optimality theory -- Minimalist morphology -- Natural morphology -- The network model -- Network morphology -- Paradigm function morphology -- Prosodic morphology -- Word-based morphology -- Word syntax -- What is at stake here? 3.3 Sanskrit gerunds: prefix-suffix interaction : A-morphous morphology -- Autolexical syntax/automodular grammar -- Caterorial morphology -- Construction morphology -- Distributed morphology -- Lexeme-morpheme base morphology -- Lexical morphology and phonology/stratal optimality theory -- Minimalist morphology -- Natural morphology -- The network model -- Network morphology -- Paradigm function morphology -- Prosodic morphology -- Word-based morphology -- Word syntax -- What is at stake here? 4 Broadening the discussion : The search for definition -- Typology -- Productivity -- Fair comparison -- Outro. References -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 178 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 415.9; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphology; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphology; Morphologie; Theorie; Jämförande grammatik; Formlära (språkvetenskap); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748692699; 9780748692705; 0748692703
• Related ISBNs: 074869269X; 9780748692675; 0748692673; 9780748692682; 0748692681
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-174) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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