Localism versus globalism in morphology and phonology /

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David Embick offers a detailed examination of morphology and phonology from a phase-cyclic point of view and the only recent detailed treatment of allomorphy, a phenomenon that is central to understanding how the grammar of human language works.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Embick, David, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
Series:Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 60.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Morphology.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Phonology.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Word formation.
Morphologie (Linguistique)
Formation des mots.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Morphology
Grammar, Comparative and general > Phonology
Grammar, Comparative and general > Word formation
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: (morpho)syntax versus (morpho)phonology
  • A localist theory
  • Applications and implications
  • Phonologically conditioned allomorphy: the globalist intuition
  • On the intuition behind phonological selection
  • Potentially global interactions are resolved locally
  • Discussion.

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