Essays about: "Nominal suppletion"

Found 1 essay containing the words Nominal suppletion.

  1. 1. Breaking paradigms : A typological study of nominal and adjectival suppletion

    University essay from Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Ghazaleh Vafaeian; [2010]
    Keywords : Nominal suppletion; adjectival suppletion; morphology; typology; the Semitic language family; relevance hierarchy; semantic; inflection; derivation; word-formation; frequency; economy;

    Abstract : Suppletion is a term used to describe the occurrence of unpredictable and irregular patterns. Although typological research has been devoted to verb suppletion, not as much attention has been given to suppletion in nominal and adjectival paradigms. The thesis presents the cross-linguistic distribution of nominal and adjectival suppletion. READ MORE