How to derive allomorphy
A case study from Czech
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344379 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Markéta Ziková (0000-0002-0635-8893, Masaryk University , Brno , Czech Republic, corresponding author), Michaela Faltýnková (Masaryk University , Brno , Czech Republic) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 517-536 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Linguistic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/tlr-2021-2074 |
| OpenAlex | W3117893619 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
The paper discusses a three-way allomorphic pattern of neuter-gender stems in Czech. We argue that there are two surface alternations involved in the three-stem pattern, i.e. a-e and t -zero, and that the two alternations are driven by two distinct mechanisms, i.e. suppletion and regular phonological computation respectively. We postulate two suppletive stem-building suffixes that are lexically connected via the Nanosyntactic tool of pointers. We argue that the default a -initial suffix spells out the neuter gender and its suppletive e -initial variant is a portmanteau morpheme of the (neuter) gender and (singular) number. We further propose that the suppletive suffix is stored with a floating consonant that does not surface word-finally due to regular phonological computation
Algorithm · Allomorph · Computation · Consonant · Czech · Inflection · Linguistics · Morpheme · Suffix · Vowel · Computer Science · Gender Studies in Language · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |