Regimes of derivation in syntax and morphology

Regimes of derivation in syntax and morphology / Edwin Williams.

Regimes of Derivation in Syntax and Morphology presents a theory of the architecture of the human linguistic system that differs from all current theories on four key points. First, the theory rests on a modular separation of word syntax from phrasal syntax, where word syntax corresponds roughly to...

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Main Author: Williams, Edwin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2011.
Series:Routledge leading linguists ; 18.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Morphology.
Generative grammar.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Generative grammar
Grammar, Comparative and general > Morphology
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
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Table of Contents:
  • Morphology and derivation
  • Dumping lexicalism
  • Derivational prefixes are projective, not realizational
  • Merge and mirrors
  • Functional structure and derivation
  • Subjects of different heights
  • There is no alternative to cartography
  • Scope and verb meanings
  • Islands regained.

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