Syntax-Morphology Interface

Syntax-Morphology Interface

A Study of Syncretism

by Matthew Baerman
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Syncretism--where a single form serves two or more morphosyntactic functions--is a persistent problem at the syntax-morphology interface.

It results from a 'mismatch', whereby the syntax of a language makes a particular distinction, but the morphology doe.

First published
2009
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Language
English

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