The aim of the volume is to contribute towards a better understanding of inflectional morphology, as well as to provide a platform for researchers to discuss their results in the light of the particular framework they have chosen to work in. The first paper provides an overview of the main controversies within the area of inflection. Other papers deal with general aspects such as the difference between derivation and inflection, irregular verb inflection, animacy, and clitics. These are followed by studies on functional categories, the acquisition of inflection, a formal implementation of Russian verb inflection, and finally articles that deal specifically with aspects of German inflection.

Klappentext
Over the past few decades, the book series Linguistische Arbeiten [Linguistic Studies], comprising over 500 volumes, has made a significant contribution to the development of linguistic theory both in Germany and internationally. The series will continue to deliver new impulses for research and maintain the central insight of linguistics that progress can only be made in acquiring new knowledge about human languages both synchronically and diachronically by closely combining empirical and theoretical analyses. To this end, we invite submission of high-quality linguistic studies from all the central areas of general linguistics and the linguistics of individual languages which address topical questions, discuss new data and advance the development of linguistic theory.

Inhalt
Contents: Roy Fabri, Models of Inflection. - Geert Booij, The demarcation of inflection. - Philippe Ségéral/Tobias Scheer, A generalized theory of Ablaut: the case of Modern German Strong Verbs. - Albert Ortmann, The Role of [±animate] in Inflection. - Teresa Parodi, Aspects of clitic doubling and clitic clusters in Spanish. - Birgit Gerlach, Mediopassive in Greek and the hierarchy of functional categories. - Ilse Zimmermann, Das dativische pronominale Klitikum in der DP-Struktur des Bulgarischen. - Hilke Elsen, The Acquisition of Past Participles: One or Two Mechanisms? - Katrin Lindner, Overgeneralization revisited: the case of German past participles. - Conxita Lléo, Proto-articles in the acquisition of Spanish: Interface between Phonology and Morphology. - Dunstan Brown, Stem Indexing and Morphonological Selection in the Russian Verb: a Network Morphology Account. - Wolfgang Ullrich Wurzel, Drei Ebenen der Struktur von Flexionsparadigmen. - Martin Neef, The Reduced Syllable Plural in German. - Damaris Nübling, Wann werden die deutschen Präpositionen flektieren? Grammatisierungswege zur Flexion.