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The Mirror Principle^[1] attempts to explain the relationship between morphological and syntactic operations which occur during language processes such as passivization, reciprocation and others.

Preliminaries

Morphology and cyclicity

As a general rule of grammar, morphemes are attached sequentially to a root such that the order of derivations is apparent going from the root outward. Inflectional morphemes also behave this way and generally their order of derivation may be inferred by tracing their distance from the root.^[2]

To demonstrate, any word with the form

root + affixA + affix B OR affixB + affix A + root

... has the structure...

[[[root] affix A] affix B]

... and thus we may infer the order of affixation to be

root
affix A
affix B^[3]

Noun-verb agreement

Agreement establishes the relationship between a verb and the noun phrases grammatically associated with it. Properties of the noun phrase (such as number, person, gender, etc) will have a part in determining the morphology of the verb.^[4]

Notes

^ Baker, Mark (1985). The mirror principle and morphosyntactic explanation. Linguistic Inquiry Vol. 16.3. pp. 373–415.
^ Baker, Mark (1985). The mirror principle and morphosyntactic explanation. p. 373.
^ Baker, Mark (1985). pp. 377–378. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Baker, Mark (1985). pp. 380–381. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

References

Baker, Mark (1985). The mirror principle and morphosyntactic explanation. Linguistic Inquiry Vol. 16.3. pp. 373-415.

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[1] Baker, Mark (1985). The mirror principle and morphosyntactic explanation. Linguistic Inquiry Vol. 16.3. pp. 373–415.

[2] Baker, Mark (1985). The mirror principle and morphosyntactic explanation. p. 373.

[3] Baker, Mark (1985). pp. 377–378. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] Baker, Mark (1985). pp. 380–381. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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