No lowering, only paradigms: A paradigm-based account of linking vowels in Hungarian
No lowering, only paradigms: A paradigm-based account of linking vowels in Hungarian
Author(s): Péter Rebrus, Péter Szigetvári, Miklós TörkenczySubject(s): Morphology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Hungarian; linking vowel; lowering; word-based morphology; paradigm
Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses linking vowels of Hungarian in a paradigm-based approach. We argue that the quality of linking vowels is determined by such a complex interaction of phonological, morphological, and morphophonological factors on both stems and suffixes that attributing them to individual morphemes is not plausible. Instead in the model proposed here linking vowels emerge from the identification of initial and final substrings within and across paradigms.
- Issue Year: 71/2024
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 137-170
- Page Count: 34
- Language: English