LINGUIST List 12.369

Mon Feb 12 2001

Books: Linguistic Theory

Editor for this issue: Naomi Ogasawara <naomilinguistlist.org>

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1. Joyce Reid, Linguistic Theory: Inflectional Morphology by G. T. Stump

Inflectional Morphology
A Theory of Paradigm Structure
Gregory T. Stump, University of Kentucky, Lexington

A new contribution to linguistic theory, this book presents a formal
framework for the analysis of word structure in human language. It
sets forth the network of hypotheses constituting Paradigm Function
Morphology, a theory of inflectional form. The book differs from other
recent works on the same subject in that it treats inflectional
morphology as an autonomous system of principles rather than as a
subsystem of syntax or phonology and it draws on evidence from a
diverse range of languages in motivating the proposed conception of
word structure.

Contents:

1. Inferential-realization morphology; 
2. Paradigm functions; 
3. Rule competition; 
4. Headedness; 
5. Rule blocks; 
6. Stem alterations; 
7. Syncretism; 
8. Conclusions, extensions and alternatives.

Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 93

2001/324 pp./5 line diagrams/65 tables/335 exercises
0-521-78047-0/Hb/List: $64.95


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