Functional Structure in Morphology and the Case of Nonfinite Verbs: Theoretical Issues and the Description of the Danish Verb System

by Peter Nielsen

In this book, Peter Juul Nielsen examines the foundations of morphological theory from a structural-functional perspective on language as a sign system. He offers a framework for the analysis of morpheme relations based on a thorough discussion of syntagmatic and paradigmatic structure, indexical relations, zero as meaningful absence and morphological relations across grammatical categories. It is argued that when paradigmatically related morphological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004321810
• ISBN13: 9789004321816
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"