Allomorphy in Inflexion (Routledge Revivals)

by Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy and Andrew Carstairs

First published in 1987, this book broke new ground in research on inflectional morphology. Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of languages, it shows that this was not just a phenomenon left over from obsolete phonological processes but a subject deserving of more respect. The book proposes constraints in three areas: (1) the organization of inflection class systems; (2) inflectional homonymy, or syncretism; (3) the direction of allomorphic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415825105
• ISBN13: 9780415825108
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"