The Morpheme: A Theoretical Introduction

This book develops a theory of the morpheme in the framework of Distributed Morphology. Particular emphasis is devoted to the way in which functional morphemes receive their phonological form post-syntactically, through the operation of Vocabulary Insertion. In addition to looking closely at syncretism, the primary motivation for Vocabulary Insertion, the book examines allomorphy, blocking, and other key topics in the theory of the morpheme.

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 11/07/2017
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781501516214

About the Author
David Embick, University of Pennsylvania, USA