Regimes of Derivation in Syntax and Morphology

by Edwin Williams

Regimes of Derivation in Syntax and Morphology presents a theory of the architecture of the human linguistic system that differs from all current theories on four key points. First, the theory rests on a modular separation of word syntax from phrasal syntax, where word syntax corresponds roughly to what has been called derivational morphology. Second, morphosyntax (corresponding to what is traditionally called "inflectional morphology") is the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415754399
• ISBN13: 9780415754392
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"