INVESTIGATIONS INTO POLISH MORPHOLOGY AND PHONOLOGY

This study investigates the relationship between morphology and phonology. It addresses two interrelated but distinct questions: first, what are the morphological devices and processes required to generate the Input to the phonology, and second, how do the rules of the phonology interact with the morphological structure? Answers to these questions are provided by a detailed examination of the morphology and phonology of Polish. It Is argued that morphology Is distinct and separate from phonology, and that phonology operates on objects which are created by the morphology. The phonology consists of two distinct components: word-level and phrase-level phonology. The word-level component involves processes that apply word-internally and is organized into two blocks, one of cyclic and the other of noncyclic rules. The phrase-level component involves processes not limited to the word. The thesis is organized as a series of three studies of particular topic