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<p>Hi Adam,<br>
I think the German "Fugenlaute" ('linking elements', lit. 'gap
sounds') are a case in point. These elements were originally
inflectional endings, but they are no longer interpreted as such.
They occur between the constituents of a compound. In many cases
they do not correspond to any form of the first member of the
compound at all, e.g. <br>
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<p>Schololade-n-pudding 'chocolate-n-pudding'</p>
<p>In other cases the original interpretation still seems to be
accessible, e.g. <br>
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<p>Institut-s-direktor 'institute-GEN-director'</p>
<p>I think this paper by D. Nübling and R. Szczepaniak contains some
relevant information and references (and it shows that, as always,
things are more complicated than we may have thought ...).<br>
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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11525-013-9213-9.pdf">https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11525-013-9213-9.pdf</a></p>
<p>Best,<br>
Volker<br>
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<div>I'm asking if anyone has described or found likely cases
where some epenthetic segment(s) has/have been exapted from
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<div>So think of a morpheme that once meant something, becomes
semantically bleached, but then acquires a function as an
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<div>I understand (from wikipedia) that /t/ in French
interrogatives comes from habet and could be an example of
this and the insertion of /n/ in English after 'a' determiner
#vowel is also an example. I'm wondering about more sources
on diachronic processes like these. Also any good sources on
the French and English processes would also be helpful.</div>
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