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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 a 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. This book presents a compelling argument 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.

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Book category Books in English Language linguistics Grammar, syntax & morphology

• Full title: Syntax-Morphology Interface
• Subtitle: A Study of Syncretism
• Author: Matthew BaermanDunstan BrownGreville G. Corbett
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9780521821810
• ISBN: 0521821819
• ID: 02045200
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 620 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. September 2005

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