Full Description
This volume exposes the inadequacies of morpheme or stem based theories of morphology and introduces the two versions (the Montreal version, called Whole Word Morphology, and the `lexicase` one) of a radically a-morphous morphology, somewhat mischievously designated, by Starosta, as `seamless morphology`. It also makes clear their many shared assumptions and principles as well as the differences between them. A number of contributors deal with `compounding` and `incorporation`, two of the toughest problems in maintaining the seamless position. Other contributions show the advantages of that position in analysing synchronic and diachronic problems connected with lexical derivation in Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Spanish and Micronesian languages.
Contents
IntroductionProlegomena to a Theory of Non-P ninian Morphology - Alan Ford and Rajendra SinghSome Advantages of Linguistics without Morpho(phon)ology - Alan Ford and Rajendra SinghIn Praise of aka and yana - Rajendra Singh and Alan FordOn So-Called Compounds - Rajendra Singh and Probal DasguptaOn Defining the Chinese Compound Word - Stanley Starosta et alHeadedness in Chinese Compounding and Chinese VR CompoundsDo Compounds Have Internal Structure? A Seamless Analysis - Stanley StarostaMicronesian Noun Incorporation: A Seamless Analysis - Stanley StarostaSemantic Fragmentation in Word Formation: The Case of Spanish - azo - Franz RainerTowards a Universal Theory of Shape-Invariant (Templatic) Morphology: Classical Arabic Reconsidered - Robert R RatcliffParadigmatic Morphology - Thomas BeckerThe Importance of Being Ernist - Probal DasguptaA Perfect Strategy for Latin - Byron W BenderMorphology in Minimal Information Grammar - Danko ipkaIndex
