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The Syntax-Morphology Interface: A Study of Syncretism

The Syntax-Morphology Interface: A Study of Syncretism

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Book 109

Linguistics

ISBN10: 0521821819
ISBN13: 9780521821810
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Sep 15 2005
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.34
Height: 0.95 Width: 6.38 Depth: 9.16
Language: English
Syncretism--where a single form serves two or more morphosyntactic functions--is a persistent problem at the syntax-morphology interface. It results from a 'mismatch', whereby the syntax of a language makes a particular distinction, but the morphology does not. This pioneering book provides the first full-length study of inflectional syncretism, presenting a typology of its occurrence across a wide range of languages. It will be welcomed by linguists interested in the relation between words and the larger units of which they are a part.

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