The Syntax-Morphology Interface in Ancient Greek

The Syntactical Properties of Morphemes

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10285402
AutoresNadav Asraf (0000-0001-7001-8044, Harvard University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Páginas1-30
Fecha de publicación2022-11-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMnemosyne (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0026-7074 • E-ISSN: 1568-525X
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/1568525x-bja10141
OpenAlexW4308659317
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas39

Even though syntax and morphology are generally taken to be distinct components of language, two morphological structures in Ancient Greek—denominal adjectives and compounds—possess syntactical properties in that their morphemes, rather than the whole words, participate in select syntactical processes. These phenomena, occurring at the boundary between syntax and morphology, ostensibly violate the generative Lexical Integrity Principle. Nonetheless, instances of such phenomena can be found in various Ancient Greek sources. These instances, traditionally treated as ad sensum constructiones or as syntactical mishaps, are not bereft of internal consistency, and in fact form their own well-organized subsystem and even obey an implicational hierarchy

Ancient Greek · Biology · Consistency (knowledge bases · Generative grammar · Hierarchy · Linguistics · Morpheme · Morphology (biology · Syntax · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation