Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Usurpative Etymology of Suppletive Forms
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| Author: | Konrad Szczesniak | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Morphology
Typology |
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| Query: |
Dear Colleagues,
Apart from the well-known examples of suppletion in European languages (notably “to be”), there are interesting cases of suppletive forms with a “usurpative” etymology. The form “went” of “go” was usurped from the verb “wend”, or in Polish “lata” is the plural form of “rok” (year)—a plural taken from the noun “lato” (summer). We are studying patterns of usurpation of forms from other verbs or nouns. We will be grateful for examples from (all possible) languages and will post a summary. Thank you, Konrad Szczesniak Silesian University Marcus Callies Philipps Universitat Marburg |
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| LL Issue: | 17.2948 | |
| Date posted: | 08-Oct-2006 | |
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