Suppletion

Frequency, categories and distribution of stems

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20380907
AutoresAndrew Hippisley (University of Surrey), Marina Chumakina (University of Surrey), Greville G Corbett (0000-0002-2667-9870, University of Surrey), Dunstan Brown (0000-0002-8428-7592, University of Surrey)
Año2004
Volumen28
Número2
Páginas387-418
Fecha de publicación2004-07-28
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Language (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0378-4177 • E-ISSN: 1569-9978
EditorialJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/sl.28.2.05hip
OpenAlexW2084761103
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas10

Suppletion is where the word-forms of the same lexeme have phonologically distinct stems. A study of thirty languages shows it to be surprisingly widespread, suggesting resistance to the pressure of paradigmatic levelling. While a major factor in its preservation appears to be the high frequency of the items that display it, two other factors are in operation, the type of inflectional category involved and the nature of the distribution of stems

Cartography · Geography · Levelling · Lexeme · Linguistics · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation