Syntax within the word
Subtitle: economy, allomorphy, and argument selection in distributed morphology
By: by Daniel Siddiqi.
Series: Linguistik aktuell = -- Linguistics today -- v. 138; Linguistik aktuell -- Bd. 138.
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9789027255211
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphology; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Word formation; Linguistics
Description: "Syntax within the Word provides a multifaceted look into the syntactic framework of Distributed Morphology (DM) within the Minimalist program. For those unfamiliar with the theory, this monograph provides an overview of DM and argues its strengths. For those more familiar with DM, this monograph provides analyses of familiar data much of which has not been treated within the framework: argument selection, stem allomorphy and suppletion, nominal compounds in English {feet-first vs. heads-first), and the structure of the verb phrase. This monograph also proposes a future for the theory in the form of revisions to DM including: the elimination of readjustment rules, a new economy constraint (Minimize Exponence) that triggers fusion of functional heads, and a feature blocking system."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D) -- University of Arizona, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.