Towards a Theory of Morphology as Syntax

Abstract

Phenomena traditionally thought of as morphological can be accounted for in terms of syntactic operations and principles, hence bringing forth questions that traditional morphology fails to ask (for instance, concerning the licensing of empty morphemes). The language faculty contains no specific morphological component, nor any post-syntactic morphological operations.

Keywords

• morphology
• allomorphy
• syncretism
• suppletion
• late insertion