Morphological Variation

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Morphological Variation

Theoretical and empirical perspectives

Grammar, syntax and morphology

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Collection: Studies in Language Companion Series

Language: English

Published by: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published on: 27th June 2019

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 351 pages

ISBN: 9789027262561


Morphological variation

is a rather young, yet fascinating topic to study in its own right because it offers challenging evidence both for the autonomy of morphology (morphomic processes) as well as for its tight interconnection with other grammatical domains, notably phonology and syntax.

Covering a wide range of phenomena (e.g. negation structures, form function-mismatches in the verbal and nominal domain, loss of morphosyntactic feature values, etc.), the contributions to this volume combine in-depth empirical studies with the explanatory potential of modern theories of grammar as well as approaches for capturing and modelling microtypological diversity.

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