Morpheme Order and Semantic Scope: Word Formation in the Athapaskan Verb(Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)

Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

Athapaskan languages are of great linguistic interest due to their intricate morphology. In this clear and insightful book, Keren Rice offers a rich survey of morpheme ordering in Athapaskan verbs, with implications for both synchronic grammar and language change. She argues that verb structure is predictable across Athapaskan languages if certain abstract aspects of meaning are considered. This i