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Lexical Relatedness Andrew Spencer (Professor of Linguistics, University of Essex)

Lexical Relatedness By Andrew Spencer (Professor of Linguistics, University of Essex)

Lexical Relatedness by Andrew Spencer (Professor of Linguistics, University of Essex)


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Current approaches to morphology, Andrew Spencer argues, are flawed. He uses intermediate types of lexical relatedness in different languages to develop a morphologically-informed model of the lexical entry. He uses this to build a model of lexical relatedness consistent with paradigm-based models. A book for all morphologists and lexicographers.

Lexical Relatedness Summary

Lexical Relatedness by Andrew Spencer (Professor of Linguistics, University of Essex)

This book argues (a) that there is no principled way to distinguish inflection and derivation and (b) that this fatally undermines conventional approaches to morphology. Conceptual shortcomings in the relation between derivational and lexically-derived word forms, Andrew Spencer suggests, call into question the foundation of the inferential-derivational approach. Prototypical instances of inflection and derivation are separated by a host of intermediate types of lexical relatedness, some discussed in the literature, others ignored. Far from finding these an embarrassment Professor Spencer deploys the wealth of types of relatedness in a variety of languages (including Slavic, Uralic, Australian, Germanic, and Romance) to develop an enriched and morphologically-informed model of the lexical entry. He then uses this to build the foundations for a model of lexical relatedness that is consistent with paradigm-based models. Lexical Relatedness is a profound and stimulating book. It will interest all morphologists, lexicographers, and theoretical linguists more generally.

About Andrew Spencer (Professor of Linguistics, University of Essex)

Andrew Spencer is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Essex. His publications include The Handbook of Morphology, (1998, co-edited with Arnold Zwicky), Phonology: Description and Analysis (1996), and Morphological Theory (1991), all published by Wiley-Blackwell. He is also the co-author of Clitics: An Introduction (2012), with Ana Luis, published by Cambridge University Press.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Words and paradigms ; 2. The lexical entry ; 3. Lexical relatedness ; 4. Paradigm Function Morphology ; 5. Lexical entries and the generalized paradigm function ; 6. Representing lexical relatedness ; 7. The form and function of argument structure representations ; 8. Further instances of transposition ; 9. Lexical relatedness in Selkup ; 10. Conclusions ; References ; Index

Additional information

GOR006947963
9780199679928
0199679924
Lexical Relatedness by Andrew Spencer (Professor of Linguistics, University of Essex)
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Oxford University Press
20131003
474
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