Arguments from Lovari loan-verb adaptation for an analogy-based analysis of verbal systems
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Márton András Baló
Abstract
This paper attempts to provide evidence that analogy-based approaches make language change, as well as unstable and variegated forms and word classes, easier to understand and grasp than they would be in a traditional synchronic framework or through a diachronic analysis. The example cited is taken from the Lovari dialect of the Romani language, which frequently borrows lexical items, leading to substantial diversity within the verbal system of each dialect. The phenomena and the ongoing processes in the verbal paradigms in relation to the adaptation of loan verbs seem to be of particular interest. If we look at the analogy-based processes which have taken place and are taking place, the bimorphemic or monomorphemic nature of the derivational markers employed in loan-verb adaptation loses its significance, and language change, as well as the possible emergence of new inflexion classes, can easily be made part of the model.
Abstract
This paper attempts to provide evidence that analogy-based approaches make language change, as well as unstable and variegated forms and word classes, easier to understand and grasp than they would be in a traditional synchronic framework or through a diachronic analysis. The example cited is taken from the Lovari dialect of the Romani language, which frequently borrows lexical items, leading to substantial diversity within the verbal system of each dialect. The phenomena and the ongoing processes in the verbal paradigms in relation to the adaptation of loan verbs seem to be of particular interest. If we look at the analogy-based processes which have taken place and are taking place, the bimorphemic or monomorphemic nature of the derivational markers employed in loan-verb adaptation loses its significance, and language change, as well as the possible emergence of new inflexion classes, can easily be made part of the model.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword & acknowledgments vii
- Editors’ introduction ix
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Part I. Regularity, irregularity, and analogy
- Arguments from Lovari loan-verb adaptation for an analogy-based analysis of verbal systems 3
- Possible and impossible variation in Hungarian 23
- Variation in the possessive allomorphy of Hungarian 51
- Revisiting exocentricity in compounding 65
- A constructionist account of the Modern Dutch adnominal genitive 83
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Part II. The role of frequency in morphological complexity, morphological change and language acquisition
- Perspectives on morphological complexity 107
- Morphological complexity and unsupervised learning 135
- A working typology of multiple exponence 163
- Linguistic self-regulation 189
- Suffix predictability and stem transparency in the acquisition of German noun plurals 217
- Acquisition of German diminutive formation and compounding in a comparative perspective 237
- Index 265
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword & acknowledgments vii
- Editors’ introduction ix
-
Part I. Regularity, irregularity, and analogy
- Arguments from Lovari loan-verb adaptation for an analogy-based analysis of verbal systems 3
- Possible and impossible variation in Hungarian 23
- Variation in the possessive allomorphy of Hungarian 51
- Revisiting exocentricity in compounding 65
- A constructionist account of the Modern Dutch adnominal genitive 83
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Part II. The role of frequency in morphological complexity, morphological change and language acquisition
- Perspectives on morphological complexity 107
- Morphological complexity and unsupervised learning 135
- A working typology of multiple exponence 163
- Linguistic self-regulation 189
- Suffix predictability and stem transparency in the acquisition of German noun plurals 217
- Acquisition of German diminutive formation and compounding in a comparative perspective 237
- Index 265
