Date: 24-Jul-2006 From: Jenny Breaker <jenny.breakeroup.com> Subject: Canonical Forms in Prosodic Morphology: Downing
Title: Canonical Forms in Prosodic Morphology
Series Title: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
Published: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Author: Laura J. Downing, Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung
Hardback: ISBN: 0199286396 Pages: 296 Price: U.K. £ 45.00
Paperback: ISBN: 019928640X Pages: 296 Price: U.K. £ 21.99
Abstract:
This book considers the interaction of morphological and phonological determinants of linguistic form and the degree to which one determines the other. It considers the operation of canonical forms, the invariant syllabic shapes of morphemes and the defining characteristic of prosodic morphology. Dr Downing presents an original theory which she tests on data from a wide variety of languages. Her book will be of central interest to scholars and advanced students of phonology and morphology, and of linguistic theory more generally.
Linguistic Field(s):
Linguistic Theories
Morphology
Phonology