When is a Syncretism more than a Syncretism? Impoverishment, Metasyncretism, and Underspecification

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Abstract

Syncretism occurs when different combinations of morphosyntactic feature values are represented by the same form. For instance, of the various forms of the past tense of the English verb to be, lsG and 3sc syncretize, and so do 2sc, I PL, 2PL and 3PL.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationPhi Theory
Subtitle of host publicationPhi-Features across Modules and Interfaces
PublisherOxford University Press
Pages251-294
Number of pages44
ISBN (Electronic)9781383035230
ISBN (Print)9780199213764
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2023

Keywords

  • combinations
  • morphosyntactic
  • past tense
  • represented
  • various

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Arts and Humanities
  • General Social Sciences

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