Functional structure in morphology and the case of nonfinite verbs : : theoretical issues and the description of the Danish verb system / / Peter Juul Nielsen.

In this book, Peter Juul Nielsen examines the foundations of morphological theory from a structural-functional perspective on language as a sign system. He offers a framework for the analysis of morpheme relations based on a thorough discussion of syntagmatic and paradigmatic structure, indexical re...

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Superior document:Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory, Volume 9
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Empirical approaches to linguistic theory ; 9.
Physical Description:1 online resource (535 pages) :; illustrations, tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Theoretical Preliminaries
  • Introduction to Part 2
  • 3 Indexicality
  • 4 Syntagmatic Relations
  • 5 Paradigmatic Relations
  • 6 The Zero Sign
  • Introduction to Part 3
  • 7 Inflection and Derivation
  • 8 The Combinatorial Properties of Morphological Structures
  • 9 Relations across Categories
  • 10 Dependency in Morphological Combination
  • 11 Expansion and Its Absence in Transcategorial Relations
  • Summary of Part 3
  • Introduction to Part 4
  • 12 Infinitive in Danish: Zero vs. at
  • 13 Supine vs. Perfect Participle in Danish
  • 14 Supine in Danish and Swedish
  • 15 Recapitulation
  • 16 Morphology Reconsidered: Concluding Discussion
  • 17 Final Remarks and Further Perspectives
  • References
  • Index.