Paradigmatic variation in Hungarian
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Péter Rebrus
Abstract
The main claim of this paper is that the locus of variation within a paradigm is not accidental. It occurs at unstable points of the paradigm where morphophonological patterns are in conflict. The paper discusses in detail two areas of variation in the Hungarian verbal paradigm: variation in some forms of verb stems that display vowel-zero alternation and variation in the marking of definiteness. This is analysed in an analogical framework where paradigmatic uniformity and contrast constraints apply between surface forms and variation arises as a result of the differential optimisation of conflicting constraints.
Abstract
The main claim of this paper is that the locus of variation within a paradigm is not accidental. It occurs at unstable points of the paradigm where morphophonological patterns are in conflict. The paper discusses in detail two areas of variation in the Hungarian verbal paradigm: variation in some forms of verb stems that display vowel-zero alternation and variation in the marking of definiteness. This is analysed in an analogical framework where paradigmatic uniformity and contrast constraints apply between surface forms and variation arises as a result of the differential optimisation of conflicting constraints.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- Hungarian external causatives: Monoclausal but bi-eventive 1
- (The non-existence of) secondary stress in Hungarian 39
- The syntax-prosody interface and sentential complementation in Hungarian 63
- On a type of counterfactual construction 85
- Result states in Hungarian 109
- Paradigmatic variation in Hungarian 135
- An interface account of identificational focus movement 163
- Non-referential readings of null subjects in Hungarian 209
- Name index 239
- Term index 241
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- Hungarian external causatives: Monoclausal but bi-eventive 1
- (The non-existence of) secondary stress in Hungarian 39
- The syntax-prosody interface and sentential complementation in Hungarian 63
- On a type of counterfactual construction 85
- Result states in Hungarian 109
- Paradigmatic variation in Hungarian 135
- An interface account of identificational focus movement 163
- Non-referential readings of null subjects in Hungarian 209
- Name index 239
- Term index 241
