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ROA 1053-1009

A realization Optimality-Theoretic approach to affix order

Mark Aronoff <morphomeman at mac.com>
Zheng Xu <chsxz at nus.edu.sg>

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Abstract:
The interplay of the main factors affecting affix order
in inflection (semantic scope, phonology, and morphological
templates) can be accounted for in an inferential-realizational
Optimality-Theoretic model of morphology, which we present
here. Within this model, phonological form is spelled out
by means of individual-language-particular realization constraint
s that associate abstract morphosyntactic feature values
with phonological forms and that are ordered among more
general constraints governing factors like scope and feature
splitting. The data used to exemplify the application of
our theory to affix order are drawn from Haspelmath’s (1993)
grammar of Lezgian, a language of the Northeast Caucasian
family spoken largely in Dagestan (Russia) and Azerbaijan.

Comments: To appear in a special issue of Morphology
Keywords: affix order, semantic scope, Lezgian, inflection
Areas: Morphology
Type: Journal Article

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=1053