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suppletion: a standalone construct

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Morphology

the use of unrelated stems within one paradigm, as in go and went, analysed against a canonical ideal of maximally different forms.

In morphology, suppletion refers to the use of unrelated stems within one paradigm, as in go and went, analysed against a canonical ideal of maximally different forms. This meaning comes from Corbett (2007) in Language.[1]

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ideal2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs morphology4 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs paradigm3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Corbett, G. G. (2007). Canonical typology, suppletion, and possible words. Language, 83(1), 8-42. https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.2007.0006

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