Overview
Syncretism--where a single form serves two or more morphosyntactic functions--is a persistent problem at the syntax-morphology interface. It results from a 'mismatch', whereby the syntax of a language makes a particular distinction, but the morphology does not. This pioneering book provides the first full-length study of inflectional syncretism, presenting a typology of its occurrence across a wide range of languages. It will be welcomed by linguists interested in the relation between words and the larger units of which they are a part.
- | Author: Matthew Baerman
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2005
- | Number of Pages: 304 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0521821819
- | ISBN-13: 9780521821810
