Paradigmatic gaps ('missing' inflected forms) have traditionally been considered to be the random detritus of a language's history and marginal exceptions to the normal functioning of its inflectional system. Arguing that this is a misperception, Inflectional Defectiveness demonstrates that paradigmatic gaps are in fact normal and expected products of inflectional structure. Sims offers an accessible exploration of how and why inflectional defectiveness arises, why it persists, and how it is learned. The book presents a theory of morphology which is rooted in the implicative structure of the paradigm. This systematic exploration of the topic also addresses questions of inflection class organization, the morphology-syntax interface, the structure of the lexicon, and the nature of productivity. Presenting a novel synthesis of established research and new empirical data, this work is significant for researchers and graduate students in all fields of linguistics.
| ISBN: | 9781107623712 |
| Publication date: | 9th May 2019 |
| Author: | Andrea D Ohio State University Sims |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 331 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Linguistics |
| Genres: |
Grammar, syntax and morphology Grammar, syntax and morphology Linguistics Language: history and general works |
Paradigmatic gaps ('missing' inflected forms) have traditionally been considered to be the random detritus of a language's history and marginal exceptions to the normal functioning of its inflectional system. Arguing that this is a misperception, Inflectional Defectiveness demonstrates that paradigmatic gaps are in fact normal and expected products of inflectional structure. Sims offers an accessible exploration of how and why inflectional defectiveness arises, why it persists, and how it is learned. The book presents a theory of morphology which is rooted in the implicative structure of the paradigm. This systematic exploration of the topic also addresses questions of inflection class organization, the morphology-syntax interface, the structure of the lexicon, and the nature of productivity. Presenting a novel synthesis of established research and new empirical data, this work is significant for researchers and graduate students in all fields of linguistics.
Inflectional Defectiveness features in the following genres: Grammar, syntax and morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Linguistics, Language: history and general works
Inflectional Defectiveness is available in Paperback
Inflectional Defectiveness was written by Andrea D Ohio State University Sims and published by Cambridge University Press
Inflectional Defectiveness has 331 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Linguistics series
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