ABSTRACT:
This paper is an introduction to the content that follows it, having two general goals: (i) to briefly present the history of the Brazilian Colloquium of Morphology, CBM, and (ii) to offer an overview of the papers in this volume. The CBM is an important event on the national scene, as it fills a relevant gap in the Brazilian linguistic scenario by placing morphological aspects of natural languages at the center of discussions. Morphology, being naturally an interface area, with syntactic, phonological and semantic phenomena, has the potential to contribute substantively to the construction of interesting linguistic theories. The articles accepted for publication in this volume of D.E.L.T.A., which brings together works presented in III CBM, are evidence for this claim.
Key words:
Morphology; Morphosyntax; Morphophonology; Morphossemantics