16.3575, Books: Morphology/Syntax: Baerman, Brown, Corbett

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Date: 15-Dec-2005
From: Joyce Reid < jreid at cup.org >
Subject: The Syntax-Morphology Interface: Baerman, Brown, Corbett 

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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:50:37
From: Joyce Reid < jreid at cup.org >
Subject: The Syntax-Morphology Interface: Baerman, Brown, Corbett 

Title: The Syntax-Morphology Interface 
Subtitle: A Study of Syncretism 
Series Title: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 109  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org

Book URL: http://us.cambridge.org/titles/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521821810 

Author: Matthew Baerman
Author: Dunstan Brown
Author: Greville G. Corbett

Hardback: ISBN: 0521821819 Pages: 272 Price: U.K. £ 50.00
Hardback: ISBN: 0521821819 Pages: 272 Price: U.S. $ 90.00

Abstract:

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. The
implications of syncretism for the syntax-morphology interface have long
been recognised: it argues either for an enriched model of feature
structure (thereby preserving a direct link between function and form), or
for the independence of morphological structure from syntactic structure.
The Syntax-Morphology Interface argues for the autonomy of morphology, and
the resulting analysis is illustrated in a series of formal case studies
within network morphology. It will be welcomed by all linguists interested
in the relation between words and the larger units of which they are a part. 

1. Introduction 
2. Characteristics of syncretism
3. Cross-linguistic typology of features
4. Formal representation
5. Formal framework and case studies
6. Conclusion 
Appendixes 

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Syntax

Written In: English  (eng)

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