Beyond Morphology: Interface Conditions on Word Formation

by Peter Ackema, Ad Neeleman

The phenomena discussed by the authors range from synthetic compounding in English to agreement alternations in Arabic and complementizer agreement in dialects of Dutch. Their exposition combines insights from lexicalism and distributed morphology, and is expressed in terms accessible to scholars and advanced students.

- unique exploration of interfaces of morphology with syntax and phonology
- wide empirical scope with many new observations
- theoretically innovative and important
- accessible to students with chapters designed for use in teaching

320 pages, Hardcover

First published December 23, 2004