The strict separation of syntax and morphology along with
the rejection of derivational operations in structural syntax are
two of several principles in contemporary lexicalist theories.
The syntactic theory of Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG)
recognizes that this separation between syntax and
morphology applies only to a structural domain but also that
both are equal, interacting, and competing contributors in a
functional domain.
This book discusses the role of
morphology in LFG, reintroducing two seminal papers on the
impact of the development of LFG on morphology, while
presenting new papers on current morphological issues.
Theoretical issues addressed include the relationship between
synthetic and analytic exponents of functional features; the
need for a separate projection of m-structures; the nature of
morphosyntactic paradigms; optimality theory's role in LFG
morphology; and the use of LFG architecture in morphological
description.
Louisa Sadler and Andrew Spencer are professors in the
Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of
Essex in the United Kingdom.
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
Louisa Sadler and Andrew Spencer
- 2 Multilingual Processing of Auxiliaries within LFG
Miriam Butt, María-Eugina Niño, Frédérique Segond
- 3 Tense in LFG: Syntax and Morphology
Anette Frank and Annie Zaenen
- 4 Morphology: an overview of central concepts
Andrew Spencer
- 5 Paradigms and Periphrasic Expression
Farrell Ackerman and Gregory Stump
- 6 Relating Morphology to Syntax
Louisa Sadler and Rachel Nordlinger
- 7 Syntactic Information and its Morphological Expression
Peter Sellsr
- Subject Index
- Language Index
10/1/2004