Variation and change in morphology : selected papers from the 13th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2008 / edited by Franz Rainer [and others] ; with the assistance of Elisabeth Peters.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Foreword & acknowledgements -- Editors' introduction -- Affixation vs. conversion: the resolution of conflicting patterns / Laurie Bauer, Salvador Valera & Ana Díaz Negrillo -- The -alis/-aris allomorphy revisited / András Cser -- French property nouns based on toponyms or ethnic adjectives: A case of base variation / Georgette Dal & Fiammetta Namer -- Morphological variation in the construction of French names for inhabitants / Elmar Eggert -- The invisible hand of grammaticalization: West-Germanic substitutive infinitive and the prefix ge- / Livio Gaeta -- Paradigmatic realignment and morphological change: Diachronic deponency in Network Morphology / Andrew Hippisley -- Variation within voice patterns: Morphological change due to syntactic reanalysis / Dalina Kallulli -- Areal-typological aspects of word-formation: The case of aktionsart-formation in German, Hungarian, Slavic, Baltic, Romani and Yiddish / Ferenc Kiefer -- Variation and change in morphology and syntax: Romance object agreement / Michele Loporcaro -- Optional multiple plural marking in Maay /Mary Paster -- Lettered words: Using Roman letters to create words in Chinese / Helena Riha & Kirk Baker -- Word creation: Definition, Function, Typology / Elke Ronneberger-Sibold -- Pleonastic morphology dies hard: Change and variation of definiteness inflection in Lithuanian / Thomas Stolz -- Index of subjects & terms.

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