Description
Book SynopsisThis volume is the first handbook devoted entirely to the multitude of frameworks adopted in the field of morphology, including Minimalism, Optimality Theory, Network Morphology, Cognitive Grammar, and Canonical Typology.Following an introduction from the editors, the first part of the volume offers critical discussions of the main theoretical issues within morphology, both in word formation and in inflection, as well as providing a short history of morphological theory. In the core part of the handbook, part II, each theory is introduced by an expert in the field, who guides the reader through its principles and technicalities, its advantages and disadvantages, and its points of agreement and disagreement with alternative theories. Chapters in part III explore the bigger picture, connecting morphological theory to other subdisciplines of linguistics, such as diachronic change, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and sign language theory. The handbook is intended as a guide for morphologists from all theoretical backgrounds who want to learn more about frameworks other than their own, as well as for linguists in related subfields looking for theoretical connections with the field of morphology.
Table of Contents1: Jenny Audring and Francesca Masini: Introduction: Theory and theories in morphology PART I: Issues in morphology 2: Stephen R. Anderson: A short history of morphological theory 3: Rochelle Lieber: Theoretical issues in word formation 4: Gregory Stump: Theoretical issues in inflection PART II: Morphological theories 5: Thomas Stewart: Structuralism 6: Pius ten Hacken: Early Generative Grammar 7: Fabio Montermini: Later Generative Grammar and beyond: Lexicalism 8: Daniel Siddiqi: Distributed Morphology 9: Antonio Fábregas: Minimalism in morphological theories 10: Laura J. Downing: Optimality Theory and Prosodic Morphology 11: Rachel Nordlinger and Louisa Sadler: Morphology in LFG and HPSG 12: Livio Gaeta: Natural Morphology 13: James P. Blevins, Farrell Ackerman, and Robert Malouf: Word and Paradigm Morphology 14: Gregory Stump: Paradigm Function Morphology 15: Dunstan Brown: Network Morphology 16: Nikolas Gisborne: Word Grammar Morphology 17: Ronald W. Langacker: Morphology in Cognitive Grammar 18: Francesca Masini and Jenny Audring: Construction Morphology 19: Ray Jackendoff and Jenny Audring: Relational Morphology in the Parallel Architecture 20: Oliver Bond: Canonical Typology PART III: Morphological theory and other fields 21: Peter Arkadiev and Marian Klamer: Morphological theory and typology 22: Ana R. Luís: Morphological theory and creole languages 23: Matthias Hüning: Morphological theory and diachronic change 24: Angela Ralli: Morphological theory and synchronic variation 25: Elma Blom: Morphological theory and first language acquisition 26: John Archibald and Gary Libben: Morphological theory and second language acquisition 27: Christina Gagné and Thomas Spalding: Morphological theory and psycholinguistics 28: Niels O. Schiller and Rinus G. Verdonschot: Morphological theory and neurolinguistics 29: Vito Pirrelli: Morphological theory and computational linguistics 30: Donna Jo Napoli: Morphological theory and sign languages References Index
