Morphological reversals

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ID10141396
AutoresMatthew Baerman (0000-0002-3060-0643, University of Surrey, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume43
Fascículo1
Páginas33-61
Data de publicação2007-02-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022226706004440
OpenAlexW4212854533
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas21
Referências citadas8

The term morphological reversal describes the situation where the members of a morphological opposition switch their functions in some context (as with Hebrew gender marking, where -Ø~- a marks masculine~feminine with adjectives but feminine~masculine with numerals). There is a long tradition of polemic against the notion that morphology can encode systematic reversals, and an equally long tradition of reintroducing them under different names (e.g. polarity, exchange rules or morphosyntactic toggles). An examination of some unjustly neglected examples (number in Nehan, aspect in Tübatulabal, tense in Trique and argument marking in Neo-Aramaic) confirms the existence of morphological reversal, particularly as a mechanism of language change. This is strong evidence for the separateness of morphological paradigms from the features that they encode

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