Aspects of the theory of morphology / by Igorʹ Melʹčuk ; edited by David Beck

Author: Melʹčuk, Igorʹ A. (Igorʹ Aleksandrovič), 1932-
Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, [2006]
Copyright Date: ©2006
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 615 pages).
Additional Creators: Beck, David, 1963-

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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 146

Contents

Introduction; The problem stated: A conceptual system for linguistic morphology; Chapter 1. Agreement, government, congruence; II. 1. Morphological signifieds; II. 2. Morphological signifiers; II. 3. Morphological syntactics; II. 4. Morphological signs; Chapter 11. The phonemic status of Spanish semivowels; Conclusion Results and perspectives; References.

Summary

The book is dedicated to linguistic morphology; it contains a sketch of a complete morphological theory, centered around a discussion of such fundamental concepts as morph vs. morpheme, inflectional category, voice, grammatical case, agreement vs. government, suppletion, relationships between linguistic signs, etc.: the hottest issues in modern linguistics. The book introduces rigorous and clear concepts necessary to describe morphological phenomena of natural languages; among other things, it offers logical calculi of possible grammemes in a given category. The presentation is developed in a.

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9783110199864 (electronic bk.)
3110199866 (electronic bk.)
3110177110 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9783110177114 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-596) and indexes.

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