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Universals in Comparative Morphology

Author : Jonathan David Bobaljik
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262304597
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Book Synopsis Universals in Comparative Morphology by : Jonathan David Bobaljik

Download or read book Universals in Comparative Morphology written by Jonathan David Bobaljik and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-10-05 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument for, and account of linguistic universals in the morphology of comparison, combining empirical breadth and theoretical rigor. This groundbreaking study of the morphology of comparison yields a surprising result: that even in suppletion (the wholesale replacement of one stem by a phonologically unrelated stem, as in good-better-best) there emerge strikingly robust patterns, virtually exceptionless generalizations across languages. Jonathan David Bobaljik describes the systematicity in suppletion, and argues that at least five generalizations are solid contenders for the status of linguistic universals. The major topics discussed include suppletion, comparative and superlative formation, deadjectival verbs, and lexical decomposition. Bobaljik's primary focus is on morphological theory, but his argument also aims to integrate evidence from a variety of subfields into a coherent whole. In the course of his analysis, Bobaljik argues that the assumptions needed bear on choices among theoretical frameworks and that the framework of Distributed Morphology has the right architecture to support the account. In addition to the theoretical implications of the generalizations, Bobaljik suggests that the striking patterns of regularity in what otherwise appears to be the most irregular of linguistic domains provide compelling evidence for Universal Grammar. The book strikes a unique balance between empirical breadth and theoretical detail. The phenomenon that is the main focus of the argument, suppletion in adjectival gradation, is rare enough that Bobaljik is able to present an essentially comprehensive description of the facts; at the same time, it is common enough to offer sufficient variation to explore the question of universals over a significant dataset of more than three hundred languages.

Balkan Syntax and (Universal) Principles of Grammar

Author : Iliyana Krapova
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110375931
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis Balkan Syntax and (Universal) Principles of Grammar by : Iliyana Krapova

Download or read book Balkan Syntax and (Universal) Principles of Grammar written by Iliyana Krapova and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates morpho-syntactic convergences that characterize the languages of the Balkan Sprachbund: Balkan Slavic, Greek, Romanian, Albanian, Balkan Romani. Apart from new data, the volume features contributions within different theoretical frameworks (contact linguistics, functional linguistics, typology, areal linguistics, and generative grammar).

Morphology and Universals in Syntactic Change

Author : Brian D. Joseph
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315515717
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (155 download)

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Book Synopsis Morphology and Universals in Syntactic Change by : Brian D. Joseph

Download or read book Morphology and Universals in Syntactic Change written by Brian D. Joseph and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1990, is a study of both the specific syntactic changes in the more recent stages of Greek and of the nature of syntactic change in general. Guided by the constraints and principles of Universal Grammar, this hypothesis of this study allows for an understanding of how these changes in Greek syntax occurred and so provides insight into the mechanism of syntactic change. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

Morphology

Author : Jeffrey P Punske
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119667836
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Morphology written by Jeffrey P Punske and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive morphology textbook written in the framework of Distributed Morphology, firmly grounded in cross-linguistic theory Distributed Morphology is the theoretical framework that views morphology as syntactic, proposing that there is no divide between the construction of words and the construction of sentences. The first text of its kind, Morphology: A Distributed Morphology Introduction provides a thorough overview of Distributed Morphology using data and problem sets from a diverse selection of the world’s languages. Divided into two parts, this valuable resource begins by describing the basics of morphology and then moves into an exploration of more advanced topics in morphology including morphosyntactic operations, cyclic derivation, the Mirror Principle, and non-compositional language. Each chapter includes a glossary of key terms, learning objectives, further readings, and illustrative examples to reinforce learning. Exercises and problem sets encourage students to develop their understanding and build confidence in the application of theory to practice. Through this valuable text, students will develop comprehension in morphological parsing and glossing, the concept of the lexicon, the different types of morphemes, the idea of paradigms, the basic practice of morphological analysis, and more. Offering detailed yet accessible coverage of morphological theory from the perspective of Distributed Morphology, this textbook: Introduces the methodology used in morphology, the basic assumptions of Distributed Morphology, and key concepts from lexical grammatical approaches to language Covers essential phonology, feature interaction, paradigms as linguistic objects, core ideas of syntax and syntactic derivation, and derivation and inflection in Distributed Morphology Includes a Quick Reference Guide with glossing abbreviations from the Leipzig Glossing Rules, a full IPA chart with instructions, and charts of phonological features Provides access to a companion website containing solutions to problem sets and additional instructor resources Morphology: A Distributed Morphology Introduction is the ideal textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in morphology courses or with an interest in specializing in morphology. Offering students an unparalleled overview of this growing field of morphology, this text will ensure that developing morphologists are well-equipped to employ the latest methods in Distributed Morphology to their own research and study.

Universals of Language Today

Author : Sergio Scalise
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402088256
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Universals of Language Today written by Sergio Scalise and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-10-11 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects the contributions presented at the international congress held at the University of Bologna in January 2007, where leading scholars of different persuasions and interests offered an up-to-date overview of the current status of the research on linguistic universals. The papers that make up the volume deal with both theoretical and empirical issues, and range over various domains, covering not only morphology and syntax, which were the major focus of Greenberg’s seminal work, but also phonology and semantics, as well as diachrony and second language acquisition. Diverse perspectives illustrate and discuss a huge number of phenomena from a wide variety of languages, not only exploring the way research on universals - tersects with different subareas of linguistics, but also contributing to the ongoing debate between functional and formal approaches to explaining the universals of language. This stimulating reading for scientists, researchers and postgraduate students in linguistics shows how different, but not irreconcilable, modes of explanation can complement each other, both offering fresh insights into the investigation of unity and diversity in languages, and pointing to exciting areas for future research. • A fresh and up-to-date survey of the present state of research on Universals of Language in an international context, with original contributions from leading specialists in the eld. • First-hand accounts of substantive ndings and theoretical observations in diff- ent subareas of linguistics. • Huge number of linguistic phenomena and data from diffferent languages a- lyzed and discussed in detail.

Language Universals and Linguistic Typology

Author : Bernard Comrie
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226114330
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (143 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Universals and Linguistic Typology by : Bernard Comrie

Download or read book Language Universals and Linguistic Typology written by Bernard Comrie and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1989-07-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, Comrie (linguistics, U. of Southern Cal.) is particularly concerned with syntactico-semantic universals, devoting chapters to word order, case marking, relative clauses, and causative constructions. This second edition takes full account of new research into generative grammatical theory. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Cambridge Handbook of Morphology

Author : Andrew Hippisley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316712451
Total Pages : 1442 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Morphology written by Andrew Hippisley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-24 with total page 1442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Handbook of Morphology describes the diversity of morphological phenomena in the world's languages, surveying the methodologies by which these phenomena are investigated and the theoretical interpretations that have been proposed to explain them. The Handbook provides morphologists with a comprehensive account of the interlocking issues and hypotheses that drive research in morphology; for linguists generally, it presents current thought on the interface of morphology with other grammatical components and on the significance of morphology for understanding language change and the psychology of language; for students of linguistics, it is a guide to the present-day landscape of morphological science and to the advances that have brought it to its current state; and for readers in other fields (psychology, philosophy, computer science, and others), it reveals just how much we know about systematic relations of form to content in a language's words - and how much we have yet to learn.

Parameter Hierarchies and Universal Grammar

Author : Ian Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192526790
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Book Synopsis Parameter Hierarchies and Universal Grammar by : Ian Roberts

Download or read book Parameter Hierarchies and Universal Grammar written by Ian Roberts and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-20 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops a minimalist approach to cross-linguistic morphosyntactic variation. Ian Roberts argues that the essential insight of the principles-and-parameters approach to variation can be maintained - albeit in a somewhat different guise - in the context of the minimalist programme for linguistic theory. The central idea is to organize the parameters of Universal Grammar (UG) into hierarchies that define the ways in which properties of individually variant categories and features may act in concert. A further leading idea, which is consistent with the overall goal of the minimalist programme to reduce the content of UG, is that the parameter hierarchies are not directly determined by UG, and are instead emergent properties stemming from the interaction of the three factors in language design. Cross-linguistic variation in word order, null subjects, incorporation, verb-movement, case/alignment, wh-movement, and negation are all analysed in the light of this approach. This book represents a significant new contribution to the formal study of cross-linguistic morphosyntactic variation on both the empirical and theoretical levels, and will appeal to researchers and students in all areas of theoretical linguistics and comparative syntax.

Constitution

Author : Fábio Portela Lopes de Almeida
Publisher : Nomos Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3748905548
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (489 download)

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Download or read book Constitution written by Fábio Portela Lopes de Almeida and published by Nomos Verlag. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der Band diskutiert die Rolle und Wichtigkeit von Verfassungen in modernen Gesellschaften. Aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive wird aufgezeigt, wie sich Verfassungen trotz großer Vielfalt innerhalb der Gesellschaft entwickeln konnten und wie sie dabei helfen, ein gemeinsames Moralsystem zu schaffen. Der Mensch ist die einzige Spezies, die in großen Gemeinschaften leben kann, obwohl ihre Mitglieder genetisch unabhängige Individuen sind. Diese Vielfalt macht die Rolle von Verfassungen besonders komplex. Die Arbeit beleuchtet, wie der Konstitutionalismus zur Etablierung eines einheitlichen Moralsystems beiträgt.

The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology

Author : Rochelle Lieber
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019165177X
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology by : Rochelle Lieber

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology written by Rochelle Lieber and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology is intended as a companion volume to The Oxford Handbook of Compounding (OUP 2009) Written by distinguished scholars, its 41 chapters aim to provide a comprehensive and thorough overview of the study of derivational morphology. The handbook begins with an overview and a consideration of definitional matters, distinguishing derivation from inflection on the one hand and compounding on the other. From a formal perspective, the handbook treats affixation (prefixation, suffixation, infixation, circumfixation, etc.), conversion, reduplication, root and pattern and other templatic processes, as well as prosodic and subtractive means of forming new words. From a semantic perspective, it looks at the processes that form various types of adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs, as well as evaluatives and the rarer processes that form function words. The book also surveys derivation in fifteen language families that are widely dispersed in terms of both geographical location and typological characteristics.

Morphology-Semantics Mismatches and the Nature of Grammatical Features

Author : Peter W. Smith
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501511122
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Morphology-Semantics Mismatches and the Nature of Grammatical Features by : Peter W. Smith

Download or read book Morphology-Semantics Mismatches and the Nature of Grammatical Features written by Peter W. Smith and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-04-19 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hybrid nouns have a morphological shape that doesn’t match their semantic interpretation. Such nouns pose clear and interesting questions for the nature of grammatical features. For instance, how does a single feature contribute distinct information values to different components of the grammar? Furthermore, what does this observation reveal about the syntax, often taken to mediate between the morphology and the semantics? This book studies hybrid nouns and argues that a single grammatical feature is comprised of two halves, a semantic half and a morphological half, that coexist in the syntax before being sent to the respective interfaces. Viewing features in this way allows us a new look at numerous types of hybrid nouns, such as Imposter constructions, nouns of collection, as well as nouns like ‘furniture’ that straddle the mass-count distinction. Moreover, the study of the agreement patterns of hybrid nouns shows that semantic features behave differently to morphological features under agreement, providing a novel insight into the nature of the mechanism that underlies morphosyntactic agreement.

The Morphosyntax of Negative Markers

Author : Karen De Clercq
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501513753
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis The Morphosyntax of Negative Markers by : Karen De Clercq

Download or read book The Morphosyntax of Negative Markers written by Karen De Clercq and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-06-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book applies the tools of nanosyntax to the natural language phenomenon of negation. Most work on negation is concerned with the study of sentence negation, while low scope negation or constituent negation is hardly ever systematically discussed in the literature. The present book aims to fill that gap, by investigating scopally different negative markers in a sample of 23 typologically diverse languages. A four-way classification of negative markers is argued for and it is shown how meaningful syncretism patterns arise across those four groups of negative markers in the language sample investigated. The syncretisms are meaningful in that they track the natural semantic scope of negation, and provide support to the idea that morphology is not arbitrary, but points to submorphemic structure. Consequently, this study leads to a decomposition of the negative morpheme into five privative features: Tense, Focus, Classification, Quantity and Negation proper. Finally, the book argues that sentence, constituent and lexical negation can all be treated in the same module of the grammar, i.e. syntax.

Understanding and Measuring Morphological Complexity

Author : Matthew Baerman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198723768
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Understanding and Measuring Morphological Complexity written by Matthew Baerman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work aims to assess the nature of morphological complexity, and the properties that distinguish it from the complexity manifested in other components of language. Chapters highlight novel perspectives on conceptualizing morphological complexity, and offer concrete means for measuring, quantifying and analysing it.

Morphological Metatheory

Author : Daniel Siddiqi
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 902726712X
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Morphological Metatheory by : Daniel Siddiqi

Download or read book Morphological Metatheory written by Daniel Siddiqi and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-06-29 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of morphology is particularly heterogeneous. Investigators differ on key points at every level of theory. These divisions are not minor issues about technical implementation, but rather are foundational issues that mold the underlying anatomy of any theory. The field has developed very rapidly both theoretically and methodologically, giving rise to many competing theories and varied hypotheses. Many drastically different and often contradictory models and foundational hypotheses have been proposed. Theories diverge with respect to everything from foundational architectural assumptions to the specific combinatorial mechanisms used to derive complex words. Today these distinct models of word-formation largely exist in parallel, mostly without proponents confronting or discussing these differences in any major forum. After forty years of fast-paced growth in the field, morphologists are in need of a moment to take a breath and survey the drastically different points of view within the field. This volume provides such a moment.

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Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 2384762249
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (847 download)

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A0 – The Lexical Status of Adjectives

Author : Moreno Mitrović
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 902725754X
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book A0 – The Lexical Status of Adjectives written by Moreno Mitrović and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together seven eminently original attempts to answer a sorely neglected question: What are adjectives? Although the positioning of adjectives as well as aspects of their semantics have been investigated in depth, their actual status as a lexical category has generally been treated superficially in the linguistic literature. In this volume, the different approaches to the categorial identity of adjectives put forward include their position in the inventory of lexical categories, the elusive noun-adjective link, the functional entourage of adjectives and their relational character, the role of concord and possession – and so on. The contributors bring different viewpoints as well as a variety of language data into the discussion, from Chinese to Indo-European, and on to Niger-Congo languages.

The Semantics of Gradability, Vagueness, and Scale Structure

Author : Elena Castroviejo
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319777912
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Book Synopsis The Semantics of Gradability, Vagueness, and Scale Structure by : Elena Castroviejo

Download or read book The Semantics of Gradability, Vagueness, and Scale Structure written by Elena Castroviejo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first to focus specifically on experimental studies of the semantics of gradability, scale structure and vagueness. It presents support for and challenges to current formal analyses of these phenomena in view of experimentally collected data, highlighting the ways semantic and pragmatic theory can benefit from experimental methodologies. The papers in the volume contribute to an explicit and detailed account of the use, representation, and online processing of gradable and vague expressions using various kinds of controlled speaker judgment tasks, eye tracking, and ERP. The aim is to strengthen the foundations of experimental semantics and promote interaction between linguists, psycholinguists, psychologists, and philosophers who are interested in the semantics of natural language. Using data representing different languages and a variety of nominal and adjectival constructions, including degree modification and comparatives, the contributions address scale-based classifications of gradable predicates, such as the absolute vs. relative distinction; the nature of the standards for applicability of gradable expressions and the ways in which standards are determined; the nature of dimensions and multidimensionality in the meaning of scalar expressions; and the role of embodiment, subjectivity, and sociolinguistic considerations in the use and understanding of gradable expressions.