Simplicity in Generative Morphology
Harry Bochner
De Gruyter Mouton
Simplicity in generative morphology (SiGM) is an important and thought-provoking contribution to post-morphemic morphological theory. Bochner’s principal objective is a critical examination of the most fundamental assumptions underlying current research in morphology: as his discussion unfolds, he motivates a novel system of assumptions which he terms Lexical Relatedness Morphology (LRM), whose theoretical antecedents include the work of Ray Jackendoff (1975) and Mark Aronoff (1976).