Understanding and Measuring Morphological Complexity

TY - BOOK

T1 - Understanding and Measuring Morphological Complexity

A2 - Matthew, Baerman

A2 - Brown, Dunstan

A2 - Corbett, Greville

N1 - Contributors: Stephen Anderson, Yale University Matthew Baerman, University of Surrey Sebastian Bank, University of Leipzig Dunstan Brown, University of York Marina Chumakina, University of Surrey Greville G. Corbett, University of Surrey Mark Donohue, Australian National University Marcello Ferro, CNR Pisa Raphael A. Finkel, University of Kentucky Jean-Pierre Koenig, State University of New York at Buffalo Claudia Marzi, CNR Pisa Paolo Milizia, University of Cassino Karin Michelson, State University of New York at Buffalo Vito Pirrelli, CNR Pisa Erich R. Round, University of Queensland Gregory Stump, University of Kentucky Jochen Trommer, University of Leipzig

PY - 2015/3/27

Y1 - 2015/3/27

N2 - *First volume to address specifically morphological complexity*Draws on data from a diverse set of languages, including many that have not been widely studied previously*Features a broad range of approaches addressing theoretical, typological, quantitative, and computational aspectsThis book aims to assess the nature of morphological complexity, and the properties that distinguish it from the complexity manifested in other components of language. Of the many ways languages have of being complex, perhaps none is as daunting as what can be achieved by inflectional morphology: this volume examines languages such as Archi, which has a 1,000,000-form verb paradigm, and Chinantec, which has over 100 inflection classes. Alongside this complexity, inflection is notable for its variety across languages: one can take two unrelated languages and discover that they share similar syntax or phonology, but one would be hard pressed to find two unrelated languages with the same inflectional systems.In this volume, senior scholars and junior researchers highlight novel perspectives on conceptualizing morphological complexity, and offer concrete means for measuring, quantifying and analysing it. Examples are drawn from a wide range of languages, including those of North America, New Guinea, Australia, and Asia, alongside a number of European languages. The book will be a valuable resource for all those studying complexity phenomena in morphology, and for theoretical linguists more generally, from graduate level upwards.Readership: Graduate students and researchers in morphology, as well as language typologists and theoretical linguists more generally.

AB - *First volume to address specifically morphological complexity*Draws on data from a diverse set of languages, including many that have not been widely studied previously*Features a broad range of approaches addressing theoretical, typological, quantitative, and computational aspectsThis book aims to assess the nature of morphological complexity, and the properties that distinguish it from the complexity manifested in other components of language. Of the many ways languages have of being complex, perhaps none is as daunting as what can be achieved by inflectional morphology: this volume examines languages such as Archi, which has a 1,000,000-form verb paradigm, and Chinantec, which has over 100 inflection classes. Alongside this complexity, inflection is notable for its variety across languages: one can take two unrelated languages and discover that they share similar syntax or phonology, but one would be hard pressed to find two unrelated languages with the same inflectional systems.In this volume, senior scholars and junior researchers highlight novel perspectives on conceptualizing morphological complexity, and offer concrete means for measuring, quantifying and analysing it. Examples are drawn from a wide range of languages, including those of North America, New Guinea, Australia, and Asia, alongside a number of European languages. The book will be a valuable resource for all those studying complexity phenomena in morphology, and for theoretical linguists more generally, from graduate level upwards.Readership: Graduate students and researchers in morphology, as well as language typologists and theoretical linguists more generally.

M3 - Book

SN - 978-0-19-872376-9

T3 - Oxford Linguistics

BT - Understanding and Measuring Morphological Complexity

PB - Oxford University Press

CY - Oxford

ER -