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Oxford Handbook of Inflection

By Matthew Baerman

Oxford Handbook of Inflection

By Matthew Baerman

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This is the latest addition to a group of handbooks covering the field of morphology, alongside The Oxford Handbook of Case (2008), The Oxford Handbook of Compounding (2009), and The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology (2014). It provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of work on inflection - the expression of grammatical information through changes in word forms. The volume's 24 chapters are written by experts in the field from a variety of theoretical backgrounds, with examples drawn from a wide range of languages. The first part of the handbook covers the fundamental building blocks of inflectional form and content: morphemes, features, and means of exponence. Part 2 focuses on what is arguably the most characteristic property of inflectional systems, paradigmatic structure, and the non-trivial nature of the mapping between function and form. The third part deals with change and variation over time, and the fourth part covers computational issues from a theoretical and practical standpoint. Part 5 addresses psycholinguistic questions relating to language acquisition and neurocognitive disorders. The final part is devoted to sketches of individual inflectional systems, illustrating a range of typological possibilities across a genetically diverse set of languages from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Australia, Europe, and South America.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
714
Release Date:
2015-09-30
Publication Date:
2015-09-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press(UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199591423
ISBN13:
9780199591428
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1390 g
Height:
175 cm
Width:
250 cm
Thickness:
42 cm
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