The Oxford Handbook of Inflection (Oxford Handbooks)

This Is The Latest Addition To A Group Of Handbooks Covering The Field Of Morphology, Alongside 'the Oxford Handbook Of Case' (2008), 'the Oxford Handbook Of Compounding' (2009), And 'the Oxford Handbook Of Derivational Morphology' (2014). It Provides A Comprehensive State-of-the-art Overview Of Work On Inflection - The Expression Of Grammatical Information Through Changes In Word Forms. The Volume's 24 Chapters Are Written By Experts In The Field From A Variety Of Theoretical Backgrounds, With Examples Drawn From A Wide Range Of Languages. The First Part Of The Handbook Covers The Fundamental Building Blocks Of Inflectional Form And Content: Morphemes, Features, And Means Of Exponence. Part 2 Focuses On What Is Arguably The Most Characteristic Property Of Inflectional Systems, Paradigmatic Structure, And The Non-trivial Nature Of The Mapping Between Function And Form. The Third Part Deals With Change And Variation Over Time, And The Fourth Part Covers Computational Issues From A Theoretical And Practical Standpoint. Part 5 Addresses Psycholinguistic Questions Relating To Language Acquisition And Neurocognitive Disorders. The Final Part Is Devoted To Sketches Of Individual Inflectional Systems, Illustrating A Range Of Typological Possibilities Across A Genetically Diverse Set Of Languages From Africa, Asia And The Pacific, Australia, Europe, And South America. Introduction / Matthew Baerman -- Diachrony / Claire Bowern -- Contact-induced Change / Maaarten Kossman -- Modelling Inflectional Structure / Dunstan Brown -- Machine Translation / Ondřej Bojar -- Machine Learning Of Inflection / Katya Pertsova -- Inflectional Morphology In Language Acquisition / Sabine Stoll -- Disorders / Matthew Walenski -- Verbal Inflection In Iha: A Multiplicity Of Alignments / Mark Donohue -- Inflection In Pulaar / Fiona Mc Laughlin -- Lithuanian Inflection / Axel Holvoet -- The Morpheme: Its Nature And Use / Stephen R. Anderson -- Chamorro Inflection / Thomas Stolz -- Inflection In Murrinh-patha / Rachel Nordlinger -- Aymara Inflection / Matt Coler -- Inflection In Nen / Nicholas Evans -- Stem-internal And Affixal Morphology In Shilluk / Bert Remijsen, Cynthia L. Miller-naudé, Leoma G. Gilley -- Features In Inflection / Greville G. Corbett -- Inflectional Exponence / Jochen Trommer, Eva Zimmermann -- Inflectional Paradigms / James P. Blevins -- Inflection Classes / Gregory Stump -- Paradigmatic Deviations / Matthew Baerman -- Phonology / Gunnar Ólafur Hansson -- Periphrasis And Inflection / Andrew Spencer, Gergana Popova. Edited By Matthew Baerman. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. This is the latest addition to a group of handbooks covering the field of morphology, alongside 'The Oxford Handbook of Case' (2008), 'The Oxford Handbook of Compounding' (2009), and 'The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology' (2014). It provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of work on inflection - the expression of grammatical information through changes in word forms. The volume's 24 chapters are written by experts in the field from a variety of theoretical backgrounds, with examples drawn from a wide range of languages. The first part of the handbook covers the fundamental building blocks of inflectional form and content: morphemes, features, and means of exponence. Part two focuses on what is arguably the most characteristic property of inflectional systems, paradigmatic structure, and the non-trivial nature of the mapping between function and form. The third part deals with change and variation over time, and the fourth part covers computational issues from a theoretical and practical standpoint. Part 5 addresses psycholinguistic questions relating to language acquisition and neurocognitive disorders. The final part is devoted to sketches of individual inflectional systems, illustrating a range of typological possibilities across a genetically diverse set of languages from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Australia, Europe, and South America -- Jacket flap Cover Series page Inflection Copyright Contents List of Abbreviations List of Contributors 1 Introduction Part I Building Blocks 2 The Morpheme: Its Nature and Use 3 Features in Inflection 4 Inflectional Exponence Part II Paradigms and their variants 5 Inflectional Paradigms 6 Inflection Classes 7 Paradigmatic Deviations 8 Phonology 9 Periphrasis and Inflection Part III Change 10 Diachrony 11 Contact-Induced Change Part IV Computation 12 Modelling Inflectional Structure 13 Machine Learning of Inflection 14 Machine Translation Part V Psycholinguistics 15 Inflectional Morphology in Language Acquisition 16 Disorders Part VI Sketches of Individual Systems 17 Verbal Inflection in Iha: A Multiplicity of Alignments 18 Inflection in Pulaar 19 Lithuanian Inflection 20 Chamorro Inflection 21 Inflection in Murrinh-Patha 22 Aymara Inflection 23 Inflection in Nen 24 Stem-internal and Affixal Morphology in Shilluk References Author Index Language Index Subject Index Series page