Syncretism in Dutch dialects

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4920181
AutoresSuzanne Aalberse (0000-0001-7654-7318, University of Amsterdam), Jan Don (0000-0002-6958-218X, University of Amsterdam)
Ano2009
Volume19
Fascículo1
Páginas3-14
Data de publicação2009-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMorphology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1871-5621 • E-ISSN: 1871-5656
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11525-009-9132-y
OpenAlexW2089542378
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas12

Dutch dialects show an enormous amount of variation with respect to the verbal inflectional paradigm. To wit, some dialects only have two forms in the present tense indicative to express all persons in singular and plural, whereas other dialects use three or even four different forms to do so. inflectional pattern is equally likely to occur; some patterns are found nowhere, whereas others are geographically widespread and stable over time. We will show that these recurring patterns of syncretism are also typologically well-attested. The recurring pattern involves neutralization of a morphosyntactic distinction in the marked half of the paradigm. More specifically, we see that plural and past tense are neutralizing contexts. We will show that a grammar that solely uses underspecification of affixes to account for the observed syncretisms, misses a generalization that can only be expressed by impoverishment rules or some paradigmatic means

Comparative linguistics · Epistemology · Generalization · Genitive case · Grammar · Inflection · Linguistics · Noun · Plural · Sociology · Syncretism (linguistics · Underspecification · Variation (astronomy · Gender Studies in Language · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation