The reduction of affixes in morphological reanalysis
Polish neuters in -ich
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21463040 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rafał Szeptyński (0000-0003-2292-4151, Institute of Polish Language at the Polish Academy of Sciences , Kraków , Poland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | s45-s1 |
| Pages | 257-306 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-26 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folia Linguistica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-4004 • E-ISSN: 1614-7308 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/flin-2023-2053 |
| OpenAlex | W4390915766 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
The aim of this paper is to elaborate on the typology of affix changes due to reanalysis. By discussing the Polish nominal suffix /-ix-/ as resulting from morphological reduction, viz. the false subtraction of /-k-/ from /-isk-/, the supposed unidirectionality of affix changes, i.e., the irreversibility of affix growth, is questioned. Furthermore, the article points to the possible gradual nature of morphological reanalysis, in line with recent studies in syntactic reanalysis. Other types of affix changes, which were previously unidentified or deemed impossible, are also commented on and the supposed parallelism between affix reanalysis and grammaticalization as well as degrammaticalization is considered, including the role of analogy
Affix · Grammaticalization · Linguistics · Suffix · Typology · Verb · Word formation · History · Language and Culture · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
Degrammaticalization
Regular morphology and the lexicon
Morphopragmatics
Syntactic Reanalysis
Reanalysis and Actualization in Syntactic Change
Does Grammaticalization Need Reanalysis
Grammaticalization vs. Reanalysis
The Loss of the Genitive in Greek
Why is grammaticalization irreversible
The course of actualization
Analogy in inflectional change
| Highly cited | No |
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