Universals in Comparative Morphology: Suppletion, Superlatives, and the Structure of Words
An argument for, and account of linguistic universals in the morphology of comparison, combining empirical breadth and theoretical rigor.This groundbreaking study of the morphology of comparison yields a surprising result: that even in suppletion (the wholesale replacement of one stem by a phonologically unrelated stem, as in good-better-best) there emerge strikingly robust patterns, virtually exceptionless generalizations across languages. Jonathan David Bobaljik describes the systematicity in suppletion, and argues that at least five generalizations are solid contenders for the status of linguistic universals. The major topics discussed inc…
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Weitere Autoren: Keyser, Samuel Jay (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-262-01759-6
- EAN: 9780262017596
- Produktnummer: 13098746
- Verlag: Mit Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 313 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.9 cm x D2.5 cm 590 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 50
- Gewicht: 590
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
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Jonathan David Bobaljik is Professor of Linguistics at the Harvard University.
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