Stem alternations and multiple exponence

Stem alternations and multiple exponence

In a canonical inflectional paradigm, inflectional affixes mark distinctions in morphosyntactic value, while the lexical stem remains invariant. But stems are known to alternate too, constituting a system of inflectional marking operating according to parameters which typically differ from those of the affixal system, and so represent a distinct object of inquiry. Cross-linguistically, we still...

Stem alternations and stem distributions

The analysis of stem alternations (e.g. sang as past of sing) is controversial; there is a lasting tension between morphophonological theories (sang is derived from sing by rule) and stem storage theories (sang and sing are stored allomorphs). This paper argues that in many cases of stem alternation (e.g., Spanish diphthongization) the locality conditions on contextual allomorphy provide crucia...

on the equivalence of constructed-response and multiple-choice : stem-equivalent, stem non-equivalent but content equivalent, and stem and content non-equivalent items in reading comprehension using multifaceted rasch

the present study investigated construct equivalence of multiple choice (mc) and constructed response (cr) item types across stem and content equivalent mc and cr items (item type ‘a’), non-stem-equivalent but content equivalent mc and cr items (item type ‘b’), and non-stem and non-content equivalent mc and cr items (item type ‘c’). one hundred seventy english-major undergraduates completed mc ...

Stem Alternations in Swiss Rumantsch

The present paper continues an extended conversation with Martin Maiden (Anderson 2008; Maiden 2008; Anderson 2010, 2011; Maiden 2011) about the analysis of stem alternations in one form of Swiss Rumantsch, Surmiran as spoken in the area of Savognin and the surrounding communities. Over time, our analyses have shown some convergence, but important differences remain. Some of these, such as the ...

Periphrasis as syntactic exponence