Variation and change in morphology : selected papers from the 13th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2008 /

Corporate Authors: International Morphology Meeting Vienna, Austria), Benjamins John
Other Authors: Rainer, Franz
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia, Pa.: John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2010
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory 310
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword & acknowledgements
  • Editors' introduction
  • Affixation vs. conversion: the resolution of conflicting patterns / Laurie Bauer, Salvador Valera & Ana Diaz Negrillo
  • The -alis/-aris allomorphy revisited / Andras Cser
  • French property nouns based on toponyms or ethnic adjectives: A case of base variation / Georgette Dal & Fiammetta Namer
  • Morphological variation in the construction of French names for inhabitants / Elmar Eggert
  • The invisible hand of grammaticalization: West-Germanic substitutive infinitive and the prefix ge- / Livio Gaeta
  • Paradigmatic realignment and morphological change: Diachronic deponency in Network Morphology / Andrew Hippisley
  • Variation within voice patterns: Morphological change due to syntactic reanalysis / Dalina Kallulli
  • Areal-typological aspects of word-formation: The case of aktionsart-formation in German, Hungarian, Slavic, Baltic, Romani and Yiddish / Ferenc Kiefer
  • Variation and change in morphology and syntax: Romance object agreement / Michele Loporcaro
  • Optional multiple plural marking in Maay /Mary Paster
  • Lettered words: Using Roman letters to create words in Chinese / Helena Riha & Kirk Baker
  • Word creation: Definition, Function, Typology / Elke Ronneberger-Sibold
  • Pleonastic morphology dies hard: Change and variation of definiteness inflection in Lithuanian / Thomas Stolz
  • Index of subjects & terms