Morphology and Syntax

  1. The Morphosyntax Interface
    1. Agreement Phenomena
      1. Subject-Verb Agreement
        1. Person Agreement
          1. Number Agreement
            1. Gender Agreement
              1. Proximity Effects
              2. Noun-Adjective Agreement
                1. Attributive Agreement
                  1. Predicative Agreement
                    1. Agreement Patterns
                    2. Determiner-Noun Agreement
                      1. Gender Agreement
                        1. Number Agreement
                          1. Case Agreement
                          2. Cross-Linguistic Variation
                            1. Rich vs. Poor Agreement
                              1. Agreement Hierarchies
                                1. Differential Agreement
                                2. Agreement Mismatches
                                  1. Semantic vs. Syntactic Agreement
                                    1. Resolution Rules
                                  2. Case Marking
                                    1. Structural Case
                                      1. Nominative Case
                                        1. Accusative Case
                                          1. Case Assignment Mechanisms
                                          2. Inherent Case
                                            1. Dative Case
                                              1. Genitive Case
                                                1. Instrumental Case
                                                  1. Locative Case
                                                  2. Ergative-Absolutive Systems
                                                    1. Ergative Case
                                                      1. Absolutive Case
                                                        1. Split Ergativity
                                                        2. Case Alternations
                                                          1. Differential Object Marking
                                                            1. Differential Subject Marking
                                                              1. Case Stacking
                                                              2. Case and Thematic Roles
                                                                1. Case-Role Correspondences
                                                                  1. Mismatches and Exceptions
                                                                2. Clitics
                                                                  1. Definition and Properties
                                                                    1. Phonological Dependence
                                                                      1. Syntactic Independence
                                                                        1. Morphological Properties
                                                                        2. Types of Clitics
                                                                          1. Proclitics
                                                                            1. Enclitics
                                                                              1. Endoclitics
                                                                              2. Clitic Placement
                                                                                1. Second Position Clitics
                                                                                  1. Verb-Adjacent Clitics
                                                                                    1. Clitic Climbing
                                                                                    2. Clitic Clusters
                                                                                      1. Ordering Restrictions
                                                                                        1. Template-Based Approaches
                                                                                        2. Clitics vs. Affixes
                                                                                          1. Diagnostic Tests
                                                                                            1. Intermediate Cases
                                                                                          2. Incorporation
                                                                                            1. Noun Incorporation
                                                                                              1. Definition and Properties
                                                                                                1. Semantic Effects
                                                                                                  1. Syntactic Constraints
                                                                                                  2. Verb Incorporation
                                                                                                    1. Serial Verb Constructions
                                                                                                      1. Compound Verbs
                                                                                                      2. Cross-Linguistic Patterns
                                                                                                        1. Polysynthetic Languages
                                                                                                          1. Incorporation Parameters
                                                                                                        2. Grammaticalization
                                                                                                          1. Definition and Process
                                                                                                            1. Pathways of Grammaticalization
                                                                                                              1. Lexical to Functional
                                                                                                                1. Functional to More Functional
                                                                                                                2. Mechanisms of Change
                                                                                                                  1. Semantic Bleaching
                                                                                                                    1. Phonological Reduction
                                                                                                                      1. Syntactic Reanalysis
                                                                                                                      2. Unidirectionality
                                                                                                                        1. Grammaticalization Clines
                                                                                                                          1. Counterexamples
                                                                                                                          2. Examples of Grammaticalization
                                                                                                                            1. Auxiliary Verb Development
                                                                                                                              1. Case Marker Development
                                                                                                                                1. Agreement Marker Development
                                                                                                                              2. Suppletion
                                                                                                                                1. Definition and Types
                                                                                                                                  1. Strong Suppletion
                                                                                                                                    1. Weak Suppletion
                                                                                                                                      1. Partial Suppletion
                                                                                                                                      2. Contexts for Suppletion
                                                                                                                                        1. Inflectional Suppletion
                                                                                                                                          1. Derivational Suppletion
                                                                                                                                          2. Theoretical Implications
                                                                                                                                            1. Morpheme-Based vs. Word-Based Morphology
                                                                                                                                              1. Lexical Storage vs. Computation

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