We do not need structuralist morphemes, but we do need constituent structure
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Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero
Abstract
In the prethematic high~mid alternation of Spanish third-conjugation verbs, allomorph selection by phonological subcategorization in the morphology interacts with allomorph selection by phonotactic optimization in the phonology, pace Paster (2015). The cyclic locality conditions on this alternation support frameworks with stem storage (Bermúdez-Otero 2013a) or spanning (Svenonius and Haugen & Siddiqi in this volume), and challenge single-terminal insertion. Embick’s (2012) alternative analysis weakens inward cyclic locality excessively. Myler’s (2015) counterproposal overgenerates and undermines the explanation of the parallel cyclic transmission of allomorphy and allosemy. Allomorphy-allosemy mismatches do occur: e.g. when English trànsp[ə]rtátion preserves the argument structure of trànspórt but not its bipedality. However, such mismatches are not generated computationally; they arise diachronically through the interplay of computation and storage (Bermúdez-Otero 2012). Theories asserting that words lack constituent structure cannot explain this fact, pace Blevins, Ackerman & Malouf (this volume).
Abstract
In the prethematic high~mid alternation of Spanish third-conjugation verbs, allomorph selection by phonological subcategorization in the morphology interacts with allomorph selection by phonotactic optimization in the phonology, pace Paster (2015). The cyclic locality conditions on this alternation support frameworks with stem storage (Bermúdez-Otero 2013a) or spanning (Svenonius and Haugen & Siddiqi in this volume), and challenge single-terminal insertion. Embick’s (2012) alternative analysis weakens inward cyclic locality excessively. Myler’s (2015) counterproposal overgenerates and undermines the explanation of the parallel cyclic transmission of allomorphy and allosemy. Allomorphy-allosemy mismatches do occur: e.g. when English trànsp[ə]rtátion preserves the argument structure of trànspórt but not its bipedality. However, such mismatches are not generated computationally; they arise diachronically through the interplay of computation and storage (Bermúdez-Otero 2012). Theories asserting that words lack constituent structure cannot explain this fact, pace Blevins, Ackerman & Malouf (this volume).
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- About the Authors ix
- How are words related? 1
- Paradigms at the interface of a lexeme’s syntax and semantics with its inflectional morphology 27
- A postsyntactic morphome cookbook 59
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Discussion 1
- Syncretism in paradigm function morphology and distributed morphology 95
- Phase domains at PF 121
- The costs of zero-derived causativity in English 163
- Spans and words 201
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Discussion 2
- Building words 223
- Emergent morphology 237
- Morphology as an adaptive discriminative system 271
- Readjustment: Rejected? 303
- Towards a Restricted Realization Theory 343
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Discussion 3
- We do not need structuralist morphemes, but we do need constituent structure 387
- Inner and Outer morphology in Greek adjectival participles 431
- Re-evaluating exocentricity in word-formation 461
- Affix ordering in Optimal Construction Morphology 479
- On the interplay of facts and theory 513
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Discussion 4
- Editors’ note 537
- Index 541
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- About the Authors ix
- How are words related? 1
- Paradigms at the interface of a lexeme’s syntax and semantics with its inflectional morphology 27
- A postsyntactic morphome cookbook 59
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Discussion 1
- Syncretism in paradigm function morphology and distributed morphology 95
- Phase domains at PF 121
- The costs of zero-derived causativity in English 163
- Spans and words 201
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Discussion 2
- Building words 223
- Emergent morphology 237
- Morphology as an adaptive discriminative system 271
- Readjustment: Rejected? 303
- Towards a Restricted Realization Theory 343
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Discussion 3
- We do not need structuralist morphemes, but we do need constituent structure 387
- Inner and Outer morphology in Greek adjectival participles 431
- Re-evaluating exocentricity in word-formation 461
- Affix ordering in Optimal Construction Morphology 479
- On the interplay of facts and theory 513
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Discussion 4
- Editors’ note 537
- Index 541
