Prolegomena to a typology of morphological features |
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Authors: | Greville G Corbett Matthew Baerman |
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Institution: | (1) Surrey Morphology Group, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, University of Surrey, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK |
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Abstract: | Morphological features characterize variations in morphological form which are independent of syntactic context. They contrast
with morphosyntactic features, which characterize variations in form correlated with different syntactic contexts. Morphological
features account for formal variation across lexemes (inflectional class), as well as morphosyntactically incoherent alternations
within the paradigm of a single lexeme. Such morphological features are not available to the syntax, as is made explicit in
the principle of ‘morphology-free syntax’. Building on work on stress patterns in Network Morphology and on stems in Paradigm
Function Morphology, we take initial steps towards a typology of these morphological features. We identify four types: inflectional
class features (affixal and prosodic), stem indexing features, syncretic index features and morphophonological features. Then
we offer a first list of criteria for distinguishing them from morphosyntactic features (independently of the principle of
morphology-free syntax). Finally we review the arguments demonstrating the need to recognize morphological features. |
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Keywords: | Morphological feature Morphosyntactic feature Inflectional class Typology Network Morphology |
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