Visible verbal morphology
Morpheme constancy in Germanic and Romance verbal inflection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4580896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nanna Fuhrhop (0000-0003-2012-9859, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 297-314 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Morphology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1871-5621 • E-ISSN: 1871-5656 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11525-020-09372-4 |
| OpenAlex | W3104245870 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
In different spelling systems, different grades of morpheme constancy can be found: German has a high degree of morpheme constancy (especially stem constancy, for example rennen - rennt both forms with ), while English has comparatively less (running - run, only the disyllabic form with ). This paper investigates the interaction between stems and verbal inflectional suffixes in terms of constancy in three Germanic languages (Dutch, English, German) and five Romance languages (French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish). Verbal inflection is always the most widespread inflection, so it is a well-defined area for getting an idea of how spelling systems may function. For the Germanic languages, this analysis will primarily focus on the alternation between monosyllabic and disyllabic forms. For the Romance languages, it will focus on the / -alternations in interaction with the following vowel. The aim is to describe a scale of morphological spelling: The alternation of and is not an instance of constancy, but of similarity, something between constancy and non-constancy. Morpheme constancy is no longer a binary feature. Comparing verbal inflection takes us another step towards the development of typological parameters for visible morphology
Alternation (linguistics · Focus (optics · German · Germanic languages · Inflection · Linguistics · Morpheme · Physics · Romance languages · Spelling · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic research and analysis · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |