21.1357, Qs: Heteroclisis and Inflection Class Reanalysis

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Subject: 21.1357, Qs: Heteroclisis and Inflection Class Reanalysis

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Date: 18-Mar-2010
From: Petros Karatsareas < pk299 at cam.ac.uk >
Subject: Heteroclisis and Inflection Class Reanalysis
 

	
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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:02:59
From: Petros Karatsareas [pk299 at cam.ac.uk]
Subject: Heteroclisis and Inflection Class Reanalysis

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In current morphological models of analysis, heteroclisis refers to the 
property of lexical items that belong to a certain inflectional class in 
some part of their inflectional paradigm (for example, the singular), but 
in a different inflectional class in some other part of it (for example, the 
plural). Such lexical items (or their stems) can then be thought of as 
belonging to two (or potentially more) inflectional classes (Corbett 
2009, Noyer 2005, Stump 2006).

Most discussions of heteroclisis in the literature appear to focus on its 
synchronic dimension (exceptions include Luís 2008 and Maiden 
2009). I am particularly interested in the diachronic relevance of 
heteroclisis for various phenomena related to morphological change. 
Specifically, I am exploring the relation between heteroclisis and 
inflection class reanalysis. In other words, what happens when 
inflection class membership becomes blurred in specific cells of a given 
paradigm due to heteroclisis? Under what conditions do heteroclite 
lexical items 'switch' to an innovative inflectional paradigm?

I would be grateful if I could hear back from anyone who might know of 
any research on heteroclisis (especially from a diachronic perspective) 
or of any case studies in particular (from any language).

Thank you in advance.

Petros Karatsareas
PhD Candidate
Department of Linguistics, University of Cambridge 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Morphology
                     Typology




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