The Syntax of Roots and the Roots of Syntax [Hardcover]

This book investigates the nature and properties of roots, the core elements of word meaning. In particular, chapters examine the interaction of roots with syntactic structure, and the role of their semantic and morpho-phonological properties in that interaction. Issues addressed in the book include the semantics and phonology of roots in isolation and in context; the categorial specification of roots; and the role of phases in word formation.

Internationally recognized scholars approach these topics from a variety of theoretical backgrounds, drawing on data from languages including German, Hebrew, and Modern Greek. The book will be of interest to linguistics students and researchers of all theoretical persuasions from graduate level upwards.

1. Introduction,Artemis Alexiadou, Hagit Borer, and Florian Schafer
2. From syntax to roots: A syntactic approach to root interpretation,Victor Acedo-Matellan and Jaume Mateu
3. The roots of nominality, the nominality of roots,Paolo Acquaviva
4. Roots in transitivity alternations: Afto/auto-reflexives,Artemis Alexiadou
5. Domains within words and their meanings: A case study,Elena Anagnostopoulou and Yota Samioti
6. The category of roots,Hagit Borer
7. On a low and high diminutive: Evidence from Italian and Hebrew,Marijke De Belder, Noam Faust, and Nicola Lampitelli
8. The interaction of adjectival passive and Voice,Edit Doron
9. Roots and phases,Angel J. Gallego
10. The ontology of roots and verbs,Lisa Levinson
11. Derivational affixes as roots, no exponence: Phasal spellout meets English stress shift,Jean Lowenstamm
12. Building scalar changes,Malka Rappaport Hovav
13. When roots license and when they respect semantico-syntactic structure in verbs,Antje Rossdeutscher

Artemis Alexiadou,Professor and Chair, Institute of English Linguistl“%