Word-and-Paradigm morphology in HPSG

[Raúl Aranovich]

Dear All:

I would ike to get some references to current work on morphology in HPSG.
In particular, I am interested in work that implements (or problematizes) a
model based on the principles of Word-and-Paradigm morphology.

In Word-and-Paradigm morphology (if I understand it correctly),
morpho-phonological processes occur independently of 'derivational'
processes that specify grammatical features or categories appropriate o a
particular word. Thus, a latin verb will be specified for person, number,
and tense, but thisis independent from the morpho-phonological rule that
may add the bound form /-o/ to the stem if the verb is 1st person sg.
present. This theory is explicitly non-Saussurean (or non-Bloomfieldian
[?]), in that it denies the existence of inflectional morphemes as signs. I
have the uncomfrtable feeling that this theory of morphology is also in
conflict with the sign-based design of HPSG. If anyone has thought of these
issues, I would appreciate your comments.

Some time ago, Larisa Zlatic posted a query about morphology in HPSG, and
she received a few answers. Among them, Takao Gunji mentioned current work
on Japanesemorphology that treated morpho-phonological derivations 'in
parallel' with morpholexical derivations. Does anyone know about that
research project?

Thanks in advance.

-Raul