Against split morphology

In this paper I present data from several Niger Congo languages, illustrating how the paradigms which make up the noun class systems of these languages are problematic to analyze within traditional morphosyntactic frameworks. I outline possible solutions to this problem, and argue for the introducti...

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Published in:Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar 2017-10
Main Author: Hepburn-Gray, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:In this paper I present data from several Niger Congo languages, illustrating how the paradigms which make up the noun class systems of these languages are problematic to analyze within traditional morphosyntactic frameworks. I outline possible solutions to this problem, and argue for the introduction of an exemplar based Word and Paradigm (Blevins 2006) approach to morphology within SBCG. I then outline the consequences of this approach for the structure of the SBCG lexicon.
ISSN:1535-1793
1535-1793
DOI:10.21248/hpsg.2017.11