Optimization of the Verbal Inflectional Paradigm by the Cyclic Application of Morphophonological Processes: Evidence from Potential Forms in Japanese
In Japanese, a series of morphophonological changes that reorganizes the verbal inflectional paradigms is currently underway. The changes in potential forms involve two innovative processes: ar-Deletion and re-Insertion. This paper analyzes these morphophonological changes in the Japanese potential...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2015-09-01
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| Series: | Open Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opli.2014.1.issue-1/opli-2015-0020/opli-2015-0020.xml?format=INT |