The Resource Inflectional defectiveness, Andrea D. Sims, (electronic resource)
Inflectional defectiveness, Andrea D. Sims, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 309 pages)
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2015)
- Contents
-
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Defining inflectional defectiveness
- 3. On the causes of inflectional defectiveness
- 4. Productivity, defectiveness, and syncretism
- 5. Principal parts, predictability, and paradigmatic gaps
- 6. Irreducible gaps and the morphologization of defectiveness
- 7. On learnability and the dynamic organization of the lexicon
- 8. The implicative structure of the paradigm and other concluding thoughts
- Appendix. Information-theoretic and other probability-based measures of inflectional structure
- Isbn
- 9781107053854
- Label
- Inflectional defectiveness
- Title
- Inflectional defectiveness
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrea D. Sims
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- UkCbUP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sims, Andrea D
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Cambridge studies in linguistics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Paradigm (Linguistics)
- Grammar, Comparative and general
- Grammar, Comparative and general
- Historical linguistics
- Label
- Inflectional defectiveness, Andrea D. Sims, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2015)
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Defining inflectional defectiveness -- 3. On the causes of inflectional defectiveness -- 4. Productivity, defectiveness, and syncretism -- 5. Principal parts, predictability, and paradigmatic gaps -- 6. Irreducible gaps and the morphologization of defectiveness -- 7. On learnability and the dynamic organization of the lexicon -- 8. The implicative structure of the paradigm and other concluding thoughts -- Appendix. Information-theoretic and other probability-based measures of inflectional structure
- Control code
- ssib023827826
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 309 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9781107053854
- Isbn Type
- (ebook)
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssib023827826
- Label
- Inflectional defectiveness, Andrea D. Sims, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2015)
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Defining inflectional defectiveness -- 3. On the causes of inflectional defectiveness -- 4. Productivity, defectiveness, and syncretism -- 5. Principal parts, predictability, and paradigmatic gaps -- 6. Irreducible gaps and the morphologization of defectiveness -- 7. On learnability and the dynamic organization of the lexicon -- 8. The implicative structure of the paradigm and other concluding thoughts -- Appendix. Information-theoretic and other probability-based measures of inflectional structure
- Control code
- ssib023827826
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxi, 309 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9781107053854
- Isbn Type
- (ebook)
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssib023827826
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