Current Morphology

by Carstairs-McCarthy,Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780415009980
• ISBN10: 0415009987
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-02-27
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy discusses current issues in morphology within linguistic theory, giving fair coverage to all approaches which have been influential over the last twenty years. He concentrates not only on the generative linguistic mainstream, discussing the lexicalist morphology initiated by Chomsky and the syntactically oriented approaches that have developed in the '80s, but also on approaches that are less fashionable or relatively unknown to English-speaking linguists. More specifically, Current Morphology covers: lexicalist morphology in the tradition originating with Chomsky's 1970 article "Remarks on nominalization"; more syntactically oriented generative approaches which have developed since about 1985; and approaches which have focused on questions largely neglected in the generative mainstream, e.g. the organization of inflectional paradigms and the kinds of meaning which are typically expressed morphologically. The book is intended for readers withsome knowledge of linguistics, either as practicing linguists or as intermediate-to-advanced students. It will be useful for syntacticians, phonologists, and other specialists requiring an overview of a neighboring branch of linguistic theory.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Aims and Scope	p. 3
The Chomskyan Impetus in Morphological Research	p. 9
Morphology and the Lexicon	p. 11
Morphology and Phonology	p. 52
Morphology and Syntax	p. 90
Other Impetuses in Morphological Research	p. 153
Typological and Diachronic Issues	p. 155
Meaning-Based Approaches to Morphology	p. 172
Morphosyntactic Properties and Their Realisation	p. 193
Natural Morphology and Related Approaches	p. 215
Conclusions	p. 249
What Morphology Can Contribute to General Linguistic Theory	p. 251
Notes	p. 254
References	p. 265
Author Index	p. 280
Subject Index	p. 283
Language Index	p. 288
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