{"product_id":"aspects-of-the-theory-of-morphology-9783110177114","title":"Aspects of the Theory of Morphology","description":"  \u003cmeta name=\"generator\" content=\"microsoft dhtml editing control\"\u003e \u003ctitle\u003e\u003c\/title\u003e   \u003cp\u003eThe book is dedicated to linguistic morphology and it contains a sketch of a complete morphological theory, centered around a discussion of fundamental concepts such as morph vs. morpheme, inflectional category, voice, grammatical case, agreement vs. government, suppletion, relationships between linguistic signs, etc.: the hottest issues in modern linguistics!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book introduces rigorous and clear concepts necessary to describe morphological phenomena of natural languages. Among other things, it offers logical calculi of possible grammemes in a given category. The presentation is developed in a typological perspective, so that linguistic data from a large variety of languages are described and analyzed (about 100 typologically very different languages).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe main method is deductive: the concepts proposed in \u003cem\u003eAspects of the Theory of Morphology\u003c\/em\u003e are based on a small set of \u003cem\u003eindefinibilia\u003c\/em\u003e and each concept is defined in terms of these \u003cem\u003eindefinibilia\u003c\/em\u003e and\/or other concepts defined previously; as a result, logical calculi can be constructed (similar to Mendeleev's Periodical Table of Elements in chemistry). Then the concept is applied to the actual linguistic data to demonstrate its validity and advantages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThus, \u003cem\u003eAspects of the Theory of Morphology\u003c\/em\u003e combines metalinguistic endeavor (a system of concepts for morphology) with typological and descriptive orientation. It reaches out to all students of language, including the border fields and applications.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"Igor Mel'cuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48260753621243,"sku":"9783110177114","price":490.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c91cceb8-9aff-4fda-ae4d-e85b09e5f2ca.jpg?v=1778450567","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/aspects-of-the-theory-of-morphology-9783110177114","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}