Tara Mohanan, National University of Singapore
This paper argues that, contrary to the general position in GB models extending to Minimalism, the LF of single morphemes must contain a certain degree of compositionality, allowing for the expression of grammatically relevant meanings such as causation, state, change of state, and so on. This proposal entails projecting part of the LCS into LF. The substance of the proposal is that the calculation of the meanings of morpheme combinations is sensitive to certain aspects of morpheme internal meanings. The LF representation of the adverbial almost and its counterpart -aar in Malayalam is discussed in the context of this proposal.