On the emergence of inflection classes
Laz has a rich verb classification system. While the language presents robust morphological correlates of argument structure, it also exhibits finer morphological distinctions that have been argued to encode less canonical semantic features. This paper argues that these distinctions merely constitut...
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Dilbilim Derneği (The Linguistics Association)
2022-12-01
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| description | Laz has a rich verb classification system. While the language presents robust morphological correlates of argument structure, it also exhibits finer morphological distinctions that have been argued to encode less canonical semantic features. This paper argues that these distinctions merely constitute inflection classes in the synchronic grammar of Laz but could be a residue of a grammar where these semantic features were active in exponent selection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee3d5c6d8e62457b9b9d27f7604a78702025-01-02T03:32:21ZengDilbilim Derneği (The Linguistics Association)Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi1300-85522587-09392022-12-013328711010.18492/dad.1192280 On the emergence of inflection classes Ömer DEMİROK 0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2536-5247Boğaziçi UniversityLaz has a rich verb classification system. While the language presents robust morphological correlates of argument structure, it also exhibits finer morphological distinctions that have been argued to encode less canonical semantic features. This paper argues that these distinctions merely constitute inflection classes in the synchronic grammar of Laz but could be a residue of a grammar where these semantic features were active in exponent selection.http://dad.boun.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/2721477inflection classesconjugationallomorphyargument structure |
| spellingShingle | Ömer DEMİROK On the emergence of inflection classes Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi inflection classes conjugation allomorphy argument structure |
| title | On the emergence of inflection classes |
| title_full | On the emergence of inflection classes |
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| title_full_unstemmed | On the emergence of inflection classes |
| title_short | On the emergence of inflection classes |
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| topic | inflection classes conjugation allomorphy argument structure |
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