Unit:
Κατεύθυνση ΓλωσσολογίαLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Supervisors info:
Βασίλειος Σπυρόπουλος, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Γλωσσολογίας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Σπυριδούλα Βαρλοκώστα, Καθηγήτρια Γλωσσολογίας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Γεώργιος Μαρκόπουλος, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Γλωσσολογίας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η Σύνθεση της Νέας Ελληνικής στο πλαίσιο της Κατανεμημένης Μορφολογίας
Translated title:
Distributed morphology approach to compounding in Modern Greek
Summary:
This dissertation proposes a syntactic analysis within the framework of Distributed Morphology (DM) (Halle & Marantz 1993) for compounding in Modern Greek, including synthetic compounds, root (primary) compounds, and coordinate compounds. We are making use of the theoretical tools of the DM framework to show that the properties of compounds are fully reducible to syntax. First, some of the well-established properties of Greek compounds are given, along with a brief summary of the DM framework. Then, three basic syntactic analysis on compounding proposed in the related literature are presented. Finally, an analysis is provided according to which synthetic and root compounds in Modern Greek are incorporation structures, where the non-head noun incorporates into the head/acategorial root, prior to its own Merge with its categorizing (v°,n°,a°) head. In addition, coordinate compounds are considered to be coordination structures at the level of the root, through a relator, while Merge of the coordination structure with its categorizing head follows. The thesis shows that, in a framework such as DM in which word-formation is a purely syntactic process, the fundamental distinction between roots and categorizing functional heads enables an analysis where word-level and phrase-level syntax can be treated in an entirely parallel way.
Main subject category:
Language – Literature
Keywords:
Modern Greek, distributed morphology, syntax, compounds, roots, categorizers, incorporation
