16.3386, Qs: Inflectional Morphology; Consonants vs. Vowels

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Subject: 16.3386, Qs: Inflectional Morphology; Consonants vs. Vowels

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1)
Date: 25-Nov-2005
From: Anna Fenyvesi < fenyvesi at lit.u-szeged.hu >
Subject: Inflectional Morphology 

2)
Date: 24-Nov-2005
From: Gina Cardillo < ginacc at u.washington.edu >
Subject: Consonants vs. Vowels 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 19:26:00
From: Anna Fenyvesi < fenyvesi at lit.u-szeged.hu >
Subject: Inflectional Morphology 
 


Dear Linguists,

Is there any literature out there discussing, in any theoretical framework,
the fact that for person/number marking on verbs there is more likely to
produce paradigms where there is a one-to-one correspondence between form
and meaning, whereas in nominal inflections (typically cases) there is much
less of that. What I mean specifically is that a verbal person/number
marker usually refers to just person and number in the paradigm, while a
case inflection can carry several meanings (locative, temporal etc.).

I'm not a morphologist, so I'm not even sure whether there is a specific
term for this phenomenon...

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Anna 

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology


	
-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 19:26:04
From: Gina Cardillo < ginacc at u.washington.edu >
Subject: Consonants vs. Vowels 

	

I've been looking for a reference about the frequency of occurence of
initial phonemes in English. Specifically, in English, are there more
content words that start with consonants, or vowels? 

Thank you! 

Linguistic Field(s): Phonology
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
 



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