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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100199591423

ISBN-139780199591428

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Product Key Features

Number of Pages672 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameOxford Handbook of Inflection

SubjectLinguistics / General

Publication Year2015

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

AuthorMatthew Baerman

SeriesOxford Handbooks Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.8 in

Item Weight48.7 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width7.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2015-933904

Reviews"The handbook ends with a sixty-page bibliography, which is a treasure chest for anybody in-terested in inflectional morphology. There are also three indexes for authors, languages, and sub-jects that make the handbook useful as a reference tool ... the handbook under review is an extremely valuable contribution to morphology -- a resource that deserves to be widely used for many years to come." -- Tore Nesset, Voprosy Jazykoznanija

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Dewey Edition23

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Dewey Decimal415/.95

Table Of Content1. IntroductionPart I: Building Blocks2. The morpheme: Its nature and use3. Features in inflection4. Inflectional exponencePart II: Paradigms and their Variants5. Inflectional paradigms6. Inflection classes7. Paradigmatic deviations8. Interfaces: phonology9. Periphrasis and inflectionPart III: Change10. Diachrony11. Contact-induced changePart IV: Computation12. Modelling inflectional structure13. Machine translation14. Machine learning of inflectionPart V: Psycholinguistics15. Inflectional morphology in language acquisition16. DisordersPart VI: Sketches of individual systems17. Verbal inflection in Iha: A multiplicity of alignments18. Inflection in Pulaar19. Lithuanian inflection20. Chamorro inflection21. Inflection in Murrinh-Patha22. Aymara inflection23. Inflection in Nen24. Stem-internal and affixal morphology in ShillukReferenceIndex

SynopsisThis handbook provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of work on inflection - the expression of grammatical information through changes in word forms. The volume's 24 chapters are written by experts in the field from a variety of theoretical backgrounds, with examples drawn from a wide range of languages., This is the latest addition to a group of handbooks covering the field of morphology, alongside The Oxford Handbook of Case (2008), The Oxford Handbook of Compounding (2009), and The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology (2014). It provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of work on inflection - the expression of grammatical information through changes in word forms. The volume's 24 chapters are written by experts in the field from a variety of theoretical backgrounds, with examples drawn from a wide range of languages. The first part of the handbook covers the fundamental building blocks of inflectional form and content: morphemes, features, and means of exponence. Part 2 focuses on what is arguably the most characteristic property of inflectional systems, paradigmatic structure, and the non-trivial nature of the mapping between function and form. The third part deals with change and variation over time, and the fourth part covers computational issues from a theoretical and practical standpoint. Part 5 addresses psycholinguistic questions relating to language acquisition and neurocognitive disorders. The final part is devoted to sketches of individual inflectional systems, illustrating a range of typological possibilities across a genetically diverse set of languages from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Australia, Europe, and South America., This is the latest addition to a group of handbooks covering the field of morphology, alongside The Oxford Handbook of Case (2008), The Oxford Handbook of Compounding (2009), and The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology (2014). It provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of work on inflection - the expression of grammatical information through changes in word forms. The volume's 24 chapters are written by experts in thefield from a variety of theoretical backgrounds, with examples drawn from a wide range of languages. The first part of the handbook covers the fundamental building blocks of inflectional form and content:morphemes, features, and means of exponence. Part 2 focuses on what is arguably the most characteristic property of inflectional systems, paradigmatic structure, and the non-trivial nature of the mapping between function and form. The third part deals with change and variation over time, and the fourth part covers computational issues from a theoretical and practical standpoint. Part 5 addresses psycholinguistic questions relating to language acquisition and neurocognitive disorders. The finalpart is devoted to sketches of individual inflectional systems, illustrating a range of typological possibilities across a genetically diverse set of languages from Africa, Asia and the Pacific,Australia, Europe, and South America.

LC Classification NumberP251