Zero-suffixes and their alternatives: A view from French
Zero-affixes have been used in morphology within pre-generative analyses, lexicalist analyses and syntactic approaches to morphology. The (over)use of zero-affixes has also led to criticisms and to alternative approaches, both within lexicalist models and syntactic approaches to morphology. In this...
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| description | Zero-affixes have been used in morphology within pre-generative analyses, lexicalist analyses and syntactic approaches to morphology. The (over)use of zero-affixes has also led to criticisms and to alternative approaches, both within lexicalist models and syntactic approaches to morphology. In this paper, on the basis of French, a mix of several syntactic approaches is proposed. Two problems for Borer’s Exo-Skeletal model, in which derivational zero-suffixes are dispensed with on the basis of English, are discussed. First, on the basis of V → N conversions in French an alternative to zero-suffixes is proposed. Second, the discussion of A/N parallel suffixes in French leads to the adoption of a second alternative to zero-suffixes. Both alternatives require an adaptation of the Exo-Skeletal model: the acceptance of mixed functional projections and suffixal roots in the model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-68808722844b4e45926072845c666b132023-06-12T06:32:02ZdeuDe GruyterZeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft0721-90671613-37062023-06-01421638510.1515/zfs-2022-2013Zero-suffixes and their alternatives: A view from FrenchSleeman Petra0Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsZero-affixes have been used in morphology within pre-generative analyses, lexicalist analyses and syntactic approaches to morphology. The (over)use of zero-affixes has also led to criticisms and to alternative approaches, both within lexicalist models and syntactic approaches to morphology. In this paper, on the basis of French, a mix of several syntactic approaches is proposed. Two problems for Borer’s Exo-Skeletal model, in which derivational zero-suffixes are dispensed with on the basis of English, are discussed. First, on the basis of V → N conversions in French an alternative to zero-suffixes is proposed. Second, the discussion of A/N parallel suffixes in French leads to the adoption of a second alternative to zero-suffixes. Both alternatives require an adaptation of the Exo-Skeletal model: the acceptance of mixed functional projections and suffixal roots in the model.https://doi.org/10.1515/zfs-2022-2013zero-suffixdistributed morphologyexo-skeletal modeldeverbal nounroot suffixfrench |
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| title | Zero-suffixes and their alternatives: A view from French |
| title_full | Zero-suffixes and their alternatives: A view from French |
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| title_short | Zero-suffixes and their alternatives: A view from French |
| title_sort | zero suffixes and their alternatives a view from french |
| topic | zero-suffix distributed morphology exo-skeletal model deverbal noun root suffix french |
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