A hybrid locality constraint on allomorphy: Evidence from Korean

Lee, Hyunjung; Amato, Irene

doi:10.7358/snip-2018-034-leam

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DOI: 10.7358/snip-2018-034-leam

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A hybrid locality constraint on allomorphy: Evidence from Korean

Hyunjung Lee¹,

Irene Amato²

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Fluctuations in allomorphy domains: Applying Stump 2010 to Armenian ordinal numerals

Dolatian

2023

J. Ling.

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Numerals and ordinals occupy a special place in the typology of suppletion. In generative work, one basic cross-linguistic parameter is whether ordinal allomorphy displays internal vs. external marking. Internal marking is when irregular forms propagate from lower ordinals to higher ones (English ‘first’ $ \to $ ‘twenty-first’), whereas external marking is the lack of propagation. We catalog ordinal formation in Armenian dialects through both formal-generative and functional-typological perspectives. We find that Eastern Armenian and Early Western Armenian are uniformly external-marking systems for the ordinals of ‘1–4’. However, Modern Western Armenian is a mixed system: ‘1’ displays external-marking while ‘2–4’ display internal-marking. Simultaneously, the ordinal of ‘1’ uses a suppletive portmanteau, while the ordinals of ‘2–4’ use agglutinative allomorphs. We formalize these differences in a derivational approach to morphology (Distributed Morphology). We argue that mixed systems arise from allomorphy rules that are sensitive to either constituency or linearity. The Western mixed system seems typologically rare and novel. Given our formal analysis, we then uncover other asymmetries in the propagation of irregular ordinals and the retention of portmanteau morphology across 35 Armenian varieties. The end result is a strong functional correlation between suppletion, external marking, and lower numerals.

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Fluctuations in allomorphy domains: Applying Stump 2010 to Armenian ordinal numerals

Dolatian

2023

J. Ling.

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Relativized Locality: Phases and Tiers in Long-Distance Allomorphy in Armenian

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Guekguezian

2023

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Linguistic processes tend to respect locality constraints. In this paper, we analyze the distribution of conjugation classes in Armenian verbs. We analyze a type of Tense allomorphy which applies across these classes. On the surface, we show that this allomorphy is long-distance. Specifically, it is sensitive to the interaction of multiple morphemes that are neither linearly nor structurally adjacent. However, we argue that this allomorphy respects ‘relativized adjacency’ (Toosarvandani 2016) or tier-based locality (Aksënova, Graf, and Moradi 2016). While not surface-local, the interaction in Armenian verbs is local on a tier projected from morphological features. This formal property of tier-based locality is substantively manifested as phase-based locality in Armenian (cf. Marvin 2002). In addition to being well-studied computationally, tier-based locality allows us to capture superficially non-local morphological processes while respecting the cross-linguistic tendency of locality. We speculate that tier-based locality is a cross-linguistic tendency in long-distance allomorphy, while phase-based locality is not necessarily so.

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A hybrid locality constraint on allomorphy: Evidence from Korean

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Fluctuations in allomorphy domains: Applying Stump 2010 to Armenian ordinal numerals

Fluctuations in allomorphy domains: Applying Stump 2010 to Armenian ordinal numerals

Relativized Locality: Phases and Tiers in Long-Distance Allomorphy in Armenian

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