On the emergence of inflection classes

Ömer Demirok

doi:10.18492/dad.1192280

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On the emergence of inflection classes

Abstract

Laz has a rich verb classification system. While the language presents robust morphological correlates of argument structure, it also exhibits finer morphological distinctions that have been argued to encode less canonical semantic features. This paper argues that these distinctions merely constitute inflection classes in the synchronic grammar of Laz but could be a residue of a grammar where these semantic features were active in exponent selection.

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Ömer Demirok ^*
0000-0002-2536-5247
Türkiye

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December 31, 2022

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October 20, 2022

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December 5, 2022

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Year 1970 Volume: 33 Number: 2

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Demirok, Ö. (2022). On the emergence of inflection classes. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 33(2), 87-110. https://doi.org/10.18492/dad.1192280

On the emergence of inflection classes

On the emergence of inflection classes

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