There is more to the morphology of -š/ -iš
The comparative in Ukrainian
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19437101 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anastasiia Vyshnevska (0000-0002-5549-8040, KU Leuven, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Pages | 263-278 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics in the Netherlands (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0929-7332 • E-ISSN: 1569-9919 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/avt.00073.vys |
| OpenAlex | W4301586874 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
There are two comparative suffixes in Ukrainian: the productive -iš , and the non-productive -š . Following Caha et al. (2019) I show that just like in Czech, the distribution of these two suffixes in Ukrainian is regulated not by phonology, but by morphosyntax. The theory of Nanosyntax ( Starke 2009 ) is used in order to account for the data. The comparative meaning is represented in syntax not by one but by two functional heads. To be more precise, I propose that in Ukrainian -iš is decomposed into two morphemes -i and -š , where -i spells out the lower head and -š spells out the higher one. The issue of suppletive adjectives is discussed as well. I argue that suppletion can be accounted for using the nanosyntactic concept of pointers. As a result, this approach helps to explain the mechanism behind allomorphy of the comparative suffix in regular and suppletive adjectives in Ukrainian
Allomorph · Czech · Historical linguistics · Linguistics · Morpheme · Morphophonology · Phonology · Suffix · Syntax · Ukrainian · Word order · Computer Science · History · Language and Culture · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |