[Lingtyp] Terminology for grammatical morphemes that have to co-occur with other grammatical morphemes

[Timur Maisak]

Dear Cat,
in Nakh-Daghestanian, some lexical but also grammatical morphemes have an
obligatory slot for gender agreement, i.e. they do not occur without a
gender marker. There is no established term for this situation, but e.g. Harris
& Antonenko <https://www.academia.edu/26227785/> use the term "co-morpheme"
to refer to the "constituents" of such combinations.

Best,
Timur Maisak


чт, 6 мар. 2025 г. в 17:47, Cat Butz via Lingtyp <
lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org>:

> Dear community,
>
> I hope you're all doing well.
>
> Let's say we have three grammatical morphemes: A, B, and C. Let's say
> they all modify verbs.
>
> A occurs as the only modifier of a verb, but it also co-occurs with B.
> B doesn't occur on its own, but always co-occurs with A or C.
> C doesn't occur on its own, but always co-occurs with B.
>
> So we have the following combos:
>
> A-verb
> B-A-verb
> B-C-verb
>
> Do you know any kind of terminology for describing this sort of
> interdependence of morphemes, where we have e.g. "independent" ones like
> A, "kind of dependent" ones like B, and "fully dependent" ones like C?
> Is there any literature on this?
>
> Warmest,
> --
> Cat Butz (she)
> HHU Düsseldorf
> General Linguistics
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