Focusing on the theory of the morpheme within Distributed Morphology, this book explores how functional morphemes acquire their phonological forms after syntax via Vocabulary Insertion. It delves into critical concepts such as syncretism, which drives Vocabulary Insertion, as well as allomorphy, blocking, and other significant issues in morpheme theory, providing a comprehensive analysis of these linguistic phenomena.
This series consists of collected volumes and monographs about specific issues dealing with interfaces among the subcomponents of linguistic structure: phonology-morphology, phonology-syntax, syntax-semantics, syntax-morphology, and syntax-lexicon. Recent linguistic research has recognized that the subcomponents of grammar interact in non-trivial ways. What is currently under debate is the actual range of such interactions and their most appropriate representation in grammar, and this is precisely the focus of this series. Specifically, it provides a general overview of various topics by examining them through the interaction of grammatical components. The books function as a state-of- the-art report of research.