The Syntax-Morphology Interface: A Study of Syncretism

orig.boards Minor rubbing. Binding corner bump. VG. 24x16cm, xix,281 pp., Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 109. Contents: Characteristics of syncretism; Cross-linguistic typology of features; Formal representation; Formal framework and case studies. [" 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" - Publisher's description]. Minor rubbing. Binding corner bump. VG.