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homophonous affixes
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| Author: | mike_maxwell mike_maxwell | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Query: |
Somewhere in the last year, I ran across several articles that claimed that in
most languages with any degree of morphology, there tended to be a considerable amount of homophony among affixes--more than one would expect, given the number of vowels and consonants in the language. Two examples of homophony that I recall, both from English, were the -er suffix (comparative on adjectives, and agentive nominalizer on verbs); and the various -s suffixes (3sg. present tense on V, plural on N, possessive clitic, and contracted form of ''is''). There were many other examples of homophonous affix sets, from an assortment of languages. Unfortunately, I can't find the articles now that I need them. A web search turned up nothing (perhaps because I couldn't think of many appropriate words to search for). I seem to recall that one of the articles dated back to the '50s, while the others were fairly recent. Does someone have a better memory than mine? I'm not looking for a list of homophonous affix sets, just the refs for the claims. I'll post a summary if there's interest. Mike Maxwell Summer Institute of Linguistics Mike_Maxwell@sil.org To whom it may concern: I am trying to locate any materials written by Gustave Guillaume, the French-Canadian linguist, regarding his theory of ''intuitional mechanics''. I have located references to this essay dating from 1954 through 1957. It may be titled ''Essai de mecanique intuitionnelle''. I would appreciate any information you could offer. Thank you and best regards, Ms. Arlyn Freed Ohio University Department of Linguistics Gordy Hall, Rm. #354 Athens, OH 45701 e-mail: arlynou@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ |
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| LL Issue: | 10.1663 | |
| Date posted: | 03-Nov-1999 | |
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