[Lingtyp] Comorphemization (?)

[Mattis List]

We have elaborated on this phenomenon in due detail in our Lexibank 
paper, and calling it "partial colexification" has not really done it 
any harm. Check the figure 5 in our paper that shows partial 
colexification for the case you mention (we : 
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01432-0

If you want, we can easily compute more of those, the code is open and 
easy to adjust to any alternative queries of this form.

On 30.09.24 11:56, JOO Ian wrote:
> Dear Mattis and Mark,
> 
> the phenomenon itself is of course not strange or special because - as 
> Mark also said - it is the very nature of morphemes.
> However I think it is meaningful to say, for example (using the term 
> “comorphic” suggested by Guillaume) that in certain languages, SON and 
> DAUGHTER are comorphic, whereas in certain languages they are not. Other 
> interesting questions would be: Are OPEN and CLOSE comorphic in language 
> X? In what languages are LEND and BORROW colexified, comorphic, or 
> totally different (heteromorphic)?
> So while lexemes sharing morphemes as a general phenomenon is not 
> interesting, typological classification based on certain pairs of 
> meanings may be. This is why I think we need a term for it.
> 
> Regards,
> Ian
> 
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>> 2024/09/30 18:49, Mattis List via Lingtyp 
>> <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> 작성:
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>> I'd agree with Thomas that this is in fact covered by partial 
>> colexification. You could also say that it is language-internal 
>> cognacy, since you assume the morpheme to be reused in the same 
>> language. Our ERC project (https://calclab.org) deals with this in 
>> particular in the context of word families. Additional terms are not 
>> needed, in my opinion, they make it sound more strange as it is: all 
>> languages re-use lexical material, in historical linguistics we have 
>> always been talking about cognates in this context.
>>
>> List, J.-M. (forthcoming): *Productive Signs: A computer-assisted 
>> analysis of evolutionary, typological, and cognitive dimensions of 
>> word families*. In: : *International Conference of Linguists*.0. 1-12.
>>
>> https://doi.org/10.17613/zfwr-sn25
>>
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