The Syntax-Morphology Interface: A Study of Syncretism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521821810)

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.

Author: Matthew Baerman, Dunstan Brown, Greville G. Corbett
ISBN-10: 0521821819
ISBN-13: 9780521821810
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2005
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.38w x 0.95d