Suppletion in Zapotec

Natalie Operstein

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Suppletion in Zapotec

Natalie Operstein

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From the journal Linguistics Volume 55 Issue 4

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of suppletion phenomena in Zapotec. As established by previous cross-linguistic studies of suppletion, most suppletion phenomena in Zapotec occur in the verb system. Nominal suppletion is attested in the possessed forms of selected nouns, such as tortilla, clothing, house, and pueblo, and the numeral system includes suppletive forms of the numeral first. Verbal suppletion types include suppletion based on aspect, mood, person/number of the subject, person of the oblique object, and valence. Each category of nominal and verbal suppletion is represented by a small number of strongly suppletive forms that appear to be etymologically distinct and a larger number of weakly suppletive forms that appear to derive from morphological processes that have ceased to be productive. By documenting suppletion phenomena across the Zapotec family, the present study aims to contribute both to the comparative Zapotec linguistics and to the empirical basis of the typological and theoretical investigation of suppletion.

Keywords: inflectional suppletion; nominal suppletion; aspect suppletion; recipient person suppletion; addressee person suppletion

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the anonymous reviewers of Linguistics for their insightful comments and valuable feedback.

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inflectional suppletion; nominal suppletion; aspect suppletion; recipient person suppletion; addressee person suppletion