[Lingtyp] Comorphemization (?)

[Jesse P. Gates]

Dear Ian,

But isn't the only reason *er* 儿 has two different meanings (at least
synchronically) in these examples because of the modifying morphemes that
they are compounded with? Otherwise they could be interpreted as just
having one meaning: 'child'. Same Spanish niñ-.

On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 4:38 PM JOO Ian via Lingtyp <
lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:

> Dear Mae,
>
> What I meant was cases like Spanish niño and niña or Chinese er-zi and
> nü-er, which mean son and daughter and share the same morpheme (niñ-, er,
> respectively), as opposed to English son and daughter which do not share
> any.
>
> Regards,
> Ian
>
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> 朱 易安
> JOO, IAN
> 准教授
> Associate Professor
> 小樽商科大学
> Otaru University of Commerce
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> 2024/09/30 17:25, Mae Carroll <mattcarrollj at gmail.com> 작성:
>
> 
> Hi Ian
>
> I suppose you mean syncretism, which is where some morphological
> formative, e.g. a morpheme if that's your approach, covers multiple
> meanings or multiple cells in the paradigm which aren't captured by a
> single feature. Some people reserve the term for whole word syncretism
> while others are fine with applying the term to morphological formatives.
> Another term is morphological/inflectional/derivational homonymy.
>
> I am not sure I follow your example of Son and Daughter, do you mean they
> share some affix or do you mean their stem is the same? If it's their stem
> why isn't it different from just homonymy.
>
> Also, I think the term colexification is for when a type of lexical
> homonymy that is systematic, structured and culturally relevant, so I am
> not sure exactly how this might apply to morphology.
>
> Interesting thought.
>
> Best
> Mae
>
> Dr Mae Carroll (she/her)
> Lecturer in Linguistics
> School of Languages and Linguistics
> University of Melbourne
> www.maecarroll.com
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> On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 6:15 PM JOO Ian via Lingtyp <
> lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear typologists,
>>
>> Two meanings sharing one lexeme is known as colexification. Is there also
>> a word for two meanings sharing one morpheme (but not necessarily the same
>> lexeme), such as the lexemes for SON and DAUGHTER sharing the same morpheme?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ian
>>
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>> 朱 易安
>> JOO, IAN
>> 准教授
>> Associate Professor
>> 小樽商科大学
>> Otaru University of Commerce
>>
>> 🌐 ianjoo.github.io
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*Jesse P. Gates, PhD*
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