Middleton, J;
(2021)
Pseudo-ABA patterns in pronominal morphology.
Morphology
, 31
pp. 329-354.
10.1007/s11525-021-09377-7.
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Abstract
In this paper, I present an analysis of pseudo-ABA patterns of morphology found in pronominal forms. I argue that an analysis that assumes unrestricted phonologically null allomorphy or unrestricted impoverishment overgenerates, allowing all the logically possible patterns of syncretism to appear. An analysis that includes spanned portmanteau exponents generates all and only the attested patterns of syncretism. Pseudo-ABA patterns arise when the complete pronominal tree (the structure for the anaphor) is exponed by a spanned exponent for [A [D]] and an exponent for P. Spanned portmanteau exponents are compatible with an analysis in which A and D are cyclic nodes, and one in which they are not. However, the analysis in which A and D are cyclic nodes is incompatible with another morphological behaviour of pronominal forms, namely variable exponence. To provide a unified analysis of pseudo-ABA patterns and variable exponence, A and D cannot be cyclic nodes.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Pseudo-ABA patterns in pronominal morphology |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11525-021-09377-7 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11525-021-09377-7 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | ABA patterns, Distributed Morphology, Portmanteau exponents, Spanning, Cyclicity, Optional impoverishment |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10123668 |
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