Deconstructing Morphology: Word Formation in Syntactic Theory

by Rochelle Lieber

Book Overview

One of the major contributions to theoretical linguistics during the twentieth century has been an advancement of our understanding that the information-bearing units which make up human language are organized on a hierarchy of levels. It has been an overarching goal of research since the 1930s to determine the precise nature of those levels and what principles guide interactions among them.

Linguists have typically posited phonological, morphological,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226480623
• ISBN13: 9780226480626
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"