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ROA 726-0305

The first person singular in Dutch dialects

Marc van Oostendorp <Marc at vanOostendorp.nl>

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Abstract:
This article discusses the behaviour of the first person
singular forms of verbs in a number of Dutch dialects. Historical
ly, the first person singular was expressed by a schwa suffix.
In many dialects, this schwa is no longer pronounced, but
the phonological behaviour still seems to indicate that
it is there. This article compares two approaches to this
topic -- one in terms of paradigms, and one in terms of
an abstract suffix -- and concludes that the latter is more
succesful for a number of reasons.

Comments: 
Keywords: interface; paradigms; abstractness
Areas: Phonology,Morphology
Type: Journal Article

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=726