ABSTRACT

The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Morphology presents a state-of-the-art, detailed and exhaustive overview of all aspects of Spanish morphology, paying equal attention to the empirical complexities of the morphological system and the theoretical issues that they raise.

As such, this handbook is relevant both for those interested in the facts of Spanish morphology and those interested in general morphology that want to explore how the Spanish facts illuminate our understanding of human language and current theories of morphology.

This volume is also unique in its extent and coverage. Written by an international team of leading experts in the field, it contains 42 chapters divided into four sections, covering all synchronic and diachronic aspects of Spanish morphology, including inflection; derivation; compounding and other processes of word formation; the interaction of morphology with other modules of grammar and the role of morphology in language acquisition, psycholinguistics and language teaching.

part I|93 pages

Basic concepts and issues

chapter 1|12 pages

The main units of Spanish morphology

Roots, affixes, stems, words

chapter 2|13 pages

Morphological formal means (I)

Asymmetries between prefixes and suffixes

chapter 3|12 pages

Main morphological formal means (II)

Approaches to parasynthesis

chapter 4|15 pages

Main morphological formal means (III)

Approaches to conversion

chapter 5|13 pages

Inflection, derivation and compounding

Issues of delimitation

chapter 7|13 pages

Synchronic vs diachronic morphology

Convergences and divergences

part II|238 pages

Inflection and word formation in Spanish

chapter 8|16 pages

The inflection of nouns

Gender and number

chapter 9|16 pages

The basic inflectional structure of verbs (I)

Aspect, tense, mood and agreement

chapter 10|23 pages

The basic inflectional structure of verbs (II)

Conjugation classes and other paradigmatic properties of verbs

chapter 11|11 pages

The basic inflectional structure of adjectives

Degree and agreement

chapter 13|13 pages

Derivation and category change (I)

Nominalisation

chapter 14|14 pages

Derivation and category change (II)

Adjectivalization

chapter 15|13 pages

Derivation and category change (III)

Verbalization

chapter 16|14 pages

Suffix evolution in derivation

Four cases from Latin to Spanish

chapter 17|19 pages

Prefixation

chapter 19|16 pages

Appreciative morphology

chapter 20|18 pages

Main compounding types in Spanish

Synchronic issues

chapter 22|16 pages

Blending and truncation

part III|178 pages

Morphology and its interfaces

chapter 24|14 pages

Allomorphy and suppletion

chapter 25|14 pages

Phonotactics of Spanish morphology

chapter 27|12 pages

Interfixation

chapter 29|14 pages

Morphology and pragmatics

chapter 33|14 pages

The status of clitics

chapter 34|15 pages

Participles and gerunds

chapter 35|12 pages

Grammaticalization

part IV|100 pages

Beyond morphology