Gender agreement via derivational morphology in Greek
Part of : Γλωσσολογία ; Vol.9-10, 1990, pages 69-79
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In this paper we will try to counter two usual assumptions: a. that gender agreement only relates to syntax and inflectional morphology and b. that inflection and derivation constitute two completely different domains of language (split morphology). Further it will be shown how gender agreement can be treated within the framework of natural morphology, since this theory assumes a rather fuzzy boundary between inflection and derivation due to a continuum from prototypical inflection to prototypical derivation. For this purpose we bring substantial evidence from Greek data, like the - typically - derivational suffix -iko, which builds the neuter form of many greek adjectives.
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