Naslov
Competition and suppletion: evidence from Croatian verbal morphology

Autori
Bošnjak Botica, Tomislava ; Hržica, Gordana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Booklet of abstracts 17th International Morphology Meeting / - , 2016

Skup
17th International Morphology Meeting

Mjesto i datum
Beč, Austrija, 18.02.2016. - 21.02.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
morphological competition ; infelctional classes ; suppletion ; transparency ; Croatian

Sažetak
Contrary to the postulates of the blocking effect (Aronoff, 1976) according to which morphological doublets exclude each other, parallel forms with the same meaning are evidenced in languages. According to models of morphological competition (e.g. the Constant Rate Hypothesis - Kroch 1989), it is inevitable for such doublets to resolve resulting in the decline of one of the forms. Theoretical models that explain such competition revolve around two approaches. One is polarized between regular (default) and irregular paradigms. Irregular paradigms show evidence of overgeneralisation and paradigm change when frequency is taken into account (e.g. Pinker 1984). The other approach introduces language typology as a relevant factor, stating that morphological change is different in morphologically diverse languages, but always governed by similar principles (such as morphological productivity (Dressler 2005) or transparency (Slobin 1985)). Croatian verbal morphology is typically described using verb class distinctions. The number of classes differs among approaches, but the basic criterion for the class division is the presence or absenceand the type of suppletion in verb stems. Weak suppletion has often been analysed as a thematic vowel following the stem in some inflected forms, but the approach employed here will treat the thematic vowel (and more elaborate changes in verb forms) as a part of a stem. Verbs in one of the verb classes show no stem suppletion (eg. inf. hoda- ti ‘to walk’, pres.1.sg. hoda-m, pres.3.pl. hoda-ju), verbs in two classes have two stems (eg. inf. misli-ti ‘to think’, pres.1.sg. misli-m, pres.3.pl. misl-e) while verbs in other classes have three different stems (eg. inf. pisa-ti ‘to write’, pres.1.sg. piše-m, pres.3.pl. piš- u). Additionally, factors such as frequency, predictability and transparency of a verb class have been used to further explain the verb class system. The goal of this research was to describe verbs with dual-class membership (eg. inf. šetati ‘to stroll’, pres. 1. sg. šeta-m/šeće-m) and to determine whether the competition in such forms can be explained by their tending to conform to one default class or by other factors, namely, transparency.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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Filologija

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