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Morphology by Itself: Stems and Inflectional Classes

Name: Morphology by Itself: Stems and Inflectional Classes
Brand: MIT Press
SKU: 9780262510721
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Contributor(s): Aronoff, Mark Author Format: Paperback

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ISBN	9780262510721
Publisher	MIT Press
Publication date	December 1993
Language	English
MRP	£39.37 GBP
Page count	232
Item weight	70 g

Most recent research in generative morphology has avoided the treatment of purely morphological phenomena and has focused instead on interface questions, such as the relation between morphology and syntax or between morphology and phonology. In this monograph Mark Aronoff argues that linguists must consider morphology by itself, not merely as an appendage of syntax and phonology, and that linguistic theory must allow for a separate and autonomous morphological component. Following a general introductory chapter, Aronoff examines two narrow classes of morphological phenomena to make his case: stems and inflectional classes. Concentrating first on Latin verb morphology, he argues that morphological stems are neither syntactic nor phonological units. Next, using data from a number of languages, he underscores the traditional point that the inflectional class of a word is not reducible to its syntactic gender. He then explores in detail the phonologically motivated nominal inflectional class system of two languages of Papua New Guinea (Arapeshand Yimas) and the precise nature of the relation between this system and the corresponding gender system. Finally, drawing on a number of Semitic languages, Aronoff argues that the verb classes of these languages are purely inflectional although they are partly motivated by derivational and syntactic considerations.

Morphology by Itself: Stems and Inflectional Classes

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Aronoff, Mark Author

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