Adjectival predicators and approaches to complement realisation

Haugen, Tor Arne

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2013.12.007

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“…In syntax, construction grammarians (e.g. Goldberg 2006, Langacker 2008, Hudson 2010, Haugen 2014 argue that, in addition to general constructions, more specific constructions are needed to account for the actual diversity of data from natural languages.…”

Section: The Broader Perspective Is Localmentioning

confidence: 99%

In defence of morphomic analyses

Enger

2019

Acta Linguistica Hafniensia

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In defence of morphomic analyses There has been some debate over the notion of 'morphomes', i.e. patterns of inflection without complete motivation outside of morphology. Morphomes are evidence for some autonomy of morphology. It has been claimed that there is "very little evidence for change which operates on morphology alone", in other words that morphology does not change independently-and this has been used against the 'morphomic' approach. This paper presents evidence of inflection classes arising or being 'strengthened' in Scandinavian, classes that do not have any function outside of morphology. This is evidence of change, operating on morphology alone. One of the case studies also shows affixes being changed in order to align better with non-affixal inflection. This goes against the claim that non-affixal inflection be epiphenomenal. The paper also counters some other arguments against the morphomic approach. Notably, the "diagnostic problem" suggested for morphomes is hardly more severe than that involved in many other approaches to morphology. The paper also shows a (perhaps unexpected) convergence between the morphomic approach and strands of functionalism. While morphomic patterns may seem redundant and local, this is not unique to them. Many generalisations made by language users may seem redundant and local to linguists.

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Section: The Broader Perspective Is Localmentioning

confidence: 99%