Morphology by Itself: Stems and Inflectional Classes: No. 22 - Rilegato

Aronoff, Mark

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0262011360 ISBN 13: 9780262011365

Casa editrice: Mit Pr, 1993

Riassunto

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. Mark Aronoff is Professor of Linguistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Mit Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0262011360
• ISBN 13: 9780262011365
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 230