Laws of analogy

Mańczak, Witold

doi:10.1515/9783110823127.283

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“…Indeed we find that this system is undergoing rapid changes in current use of the language, in both the free and bound forms. Ravid (1995b) explains this direction of change in terms of two basic tenets of analogical change proposed by Kurylowicz (1949) and Manczak (1980). That is, normative feminine numerals would replace masculine and vice versa.…”

Section: I R E C T I O N S O F C H a N G E S I N T H E S Y S T E Mmentioning

confidence: 95%

The role of prosody in morphological change: The case of Hebrew bound numerals

Meir

2008

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The morphological system of cardinal numerals in Modern Hebrew is currently undergoing rapid changes, enabling linguists to unravel the forces shaping the change as it takes place. In the free forms, gender marking on numerals is neutralized by collapsing both masculine and feminine forms into one paradigm, the feminine paradigm. In the bound (definite) forms, an opposite direction is attested, in that at least for some numerals, the masculine forms become more prevalent. The study reported here aims to determine whether the factor determining the change is prosodic or functional in nature, by eliciting production and grammaticality judgments of noun phrases containing bound numerals from five different age groups of native speakers. The results suggest that prosody plays a role in shaping the change, as forms with penultimate stress are favored over those with ultimate stress. In addition, processes of production and processes of grammaticality judgments seem to be subject to different kinds of constraints. This state of affairs indicates that the tension between the tendencies toward simplification on the one hand and maximal distinctness on the other occurs at the morphological level as well.

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The role of prosody in morphological change: The case of Hebrew bound numerals

Meir

2008

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“…Characterizing the direction of analogy has been a longstanding preoccupation in the historical linguistics literature, and numerous tendencies have been observed (Kuryłowicz 1947;Mańczak 1980;Bybee 1985, and many others). The Spanish case seems atypical in several respects.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The Spanish case seems atypical in several respects. It has sometimes been claimed that more frequent paradigm members are more influential (Mańczak 1980;Bybee 1985). In Spanish, the most frequent paradigm members (3sg, 1sg, 2sg) are all stressed, which should favor a stressed → stressless direction of influence.…”

Section: S T T H H H H H H H H K S T T H H H H H H H H K S T T H H H mentioning

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9 Modeling analogy as probabilistic grammar

Albright¹

2009

Analogy in Grammar

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Models of analogy must be non-deterministic enough to handle gradient data, but must also explain why analogy obeys some striking restrictions: only a tiny subset of logically possible analogies are actually attested. This chapter discusses several unattested types of analogy, and considers their implications for formal models. Gradience and notable restrictions are best modeled using a grammar of probabilistic rules.

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“…Manczak (1958Manczak ( , 1963Manczak ( , 1980 To reestablish the contrast between the nominative Singular and plural, third declension masculine nouns were remodelled on the basis of the second declension masculine nouns. According to Kuryiowicz, the nominative plural of pains had been reformed on the proportion of (22) Since exactly the same word formation rules were applying to the second and third declensions in all forms except the nominative plural, the third declension went on to adopt the second declension rules for that form äs well.…”

Section: Paradigm Reformations In Western Romancementioning

confidence: 99%