Construct · 1 fields · 1 citations

inflection class: a standalone construct

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Morphology

a set of lexemes that share the same pattern of inflectional realizations, independent of their meaning, and how such classes are constrained.

In morphology, inflection class refers to a set of lexemes that share the same pattern of inflectional realizations, independent of their meaning, and how such classes are constrained. This meaning comes from Carstairs-McCarthy (1994) in Language.[1]

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Nearby constructs

class3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs inflection3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs morphology4 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Carstairs-McCarthy, A. (1994). Inflection Classes, Gender, and the Principle of Contrast. Language, 70(4), 737-788. https://doi.org/10.2307/416326

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