Syntax within the word : economy, allomorphy, and argument selection in distributed morphology / Daniel Siddiqi.

Syntax within the Word provides a multifaceted look into the syntactic framework of Distributed Morphology (DM) within the Minimalist program. For those unfamiliar with the theory, this monograph provides an overview of DM and argues its strengths. For those more familiar with DM, this monograph pro...

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Main Author: Siddiqi, Daniel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2009.
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 138.
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Table of Contents:
  • Syntax within the Word; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface and acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; PART 1. Introduction; Syntax within the Word; Distributed morphology; Morphological operations in DM; PART 2. On a theory of root allomorphy; Root allomorphy; Simplifying DM; Expansion of the fusion analysis; Inflection in compounds; Interim conclusions; PART 3. Argument selection; Argument selection within Distributed Morphology; Minimize Exponence based account of subcategorization.; Subcategorization expanded; The nature of verbs; Interim Conclusions, redux.