English prosodic morphology

Resource Information

The work English prosodic morphology represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

English prosodic morphology

Statement of responsibility

Sabine Lappe

Creator

• Arndt-Lappe, Sabine

Subject

• English language -- Morphology
• English language -- Prosodic analysis
• Prosodic analysis (Linguistics)

Language

eng

Summary

"This is the first modern book-length empirical study and theoretical account of English truncatory processes. On the basis of a corpus comprising some 3000 derivatives, the book provides a systematic investigation of the structural properties of six different patterns of English name truncation and word clipping. All patterns are shown to be unique in terms of the structural requirements that they impose on their outputs." "The book presents an optimality-theoretic account of the data in the framework of Prosodic Morphology. Pertinent theoretical claims are evaluated in the light of the empirical findings from English, leading to an analysis which can successfully predict canonical form in truncation and which incorporates systematic variability in output structure. This volume is a contribution to the study of both English word-formation and English phonology, and can be used by scholars working inside and outside OT alike."--Jacket

Cataloging source

GW5XE

Dewey number

425.9

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

• P224
• PE117.1

LC item number

• .L377 2007eb
• .L377 2007eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography