ISBN10: 0197264107, ISBN13: 9780197264102, [publisher: British Academy] Hardcover
[DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 2008]

ISBN10: 0197264107, ISBN13: 9780197264102, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. Deponency is a mismatch between form and function in language that was first described for Latin, where there is a group of verbs (the deponents) which are morphologically passive but syntactically active. This is evidence of a larger problem involving the interface between syntax and morphology: inflectional morphology is supposed to specify syntactic function, but sometimes it sends out the wrong signal. Although the problem is as old as the Western linguistictradition, no generally accepted account of it has yet been given, and it is safe to say that all current theories of language have been constructed as if deponency did not exist. Inrecent years, however, linguists have begun to confront its theoretical implications, albeit largely in isolation from each other. There is as yet no definitive statement of the problem, nor any generally accepted definition of its nature and scope. This volume brings together the findings of leading scholars working in the area of morphological mismatches, and represents the first book-length typological and theoretical treatment of the topic. It will establish theimportant role that research on deponency has to play in contemporary linguistics, and set the standard for future work. This collection of essays by leading linguists on the theory and typology of mismatches between syntax and morphology will establish the ...

Hardback. New. This collection of essays by leading linguists on the theory and typology of mismatches between syntax and morphology will establish the important role that research on deponency has to play in contemporary linguistics, and set the standard for future work. ISBN 0197264107 9780197264102 [GB]

Oxford, England British Academy 2008 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 260 p. Contains: Tables, black & white, Figures. Proceedings of the British Academy, 145.

Oxford, England British Academy 2008 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 260 p. Contains: Tables, black & white, Figures. Proceedings of the British Academy, 145.

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[Waltham Abbey, HERTS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]