Diachronic dynamics of Middle English phonotactics provide evidence for analogy effects among lexical and morphonotactic consonant clusters

Diachronic dynamics of Middle English phonotactics provide evidence for analogy effects among lexical and morphonotactic consonant clusters

Consonant clusters that rarely occur lexically (i.e. within morphemes) may function as complexity markers when they span a morpheme boundary, i.e. when they occur morphonotactically. In this study we observe patterns in the diachronic dynamics of Middle English which hint at mutually beneficial effe...

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Main Authors: Andreas Baumann, Nikolaus Ritt, Christina Prömer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2016-11-01
Series:Papers in Historical Phonology
Online Access:http://journals.ed.ac.uk/pihph/article/view/1693
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spelling doaj-5b88408668244b988488a9b2faec817e2020-11-25T00:17:05ZengUniversity of EdinburghPapers in Historical Phonology2399-67142016-11-011507510.2218/pihph.1.2016.16931693Diachronic dynamics of Middle English phonotactics provide evidence for analogy effects among lexical and morphonotactic consonant clustersAndreas BaumannNikolaus RittChristina PrömerConsonant clusters that rarely occur lexically (i.e. within morphemes) may function as complexity markers when they span a morpheme boundary, i.e. when they occur morphonotactically. In this study we observe patterns in the diachronic dynamics of Middle English which hint at mutually beneficial effects between morphonotactic and lexical clusters. We suggest that the patterns revealed can be explained by frequency-based analogy effects in language acquisition.http://journals.ed.ac.uk/pihph/article/view/1693
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author Andreas Baumann
Nikolaus Ritt
Christina Prömer
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Nikolaus Ritt
Christina Prömer
Diachronic dynamics of Middle English phonotactics provide evidence for analogy effects among lexical and morphonotactic consonant clusters
Papers in Historical Phonology
author_facet Andreas Baumann
Nikolaus Ritt
Christina Prömer
author_sort Andreas Baumann
title Diachronic dynamics of Middle English phonotactics provide evidence for analogy effects among lexical and morphonotactic consonant clusters
title_short Diachronic dynamics of Middle English phonotactics provide evidence for analogy effects among lexical and morphonotactic consonant clusters
title_full Diachronic dynamics of Middle English phonotactics provide evidence for analogy effects among lexical and morphonotactic consonant clusters
title_fullStr Diachronic dynamics of Middle English phonotactics provide evidence for analogy effects among lexical and morphonotactic consonant clusters
title_full_unstemmed Diachronic dynamics of Middle English phonotactics provide evidence for analogy effects among lexical and morphonotactic consonant clusters
title_sort diachronic dynamics of middle english phonotactics provide evidence for analogy effects among lexical and morphonotactic consonant clusters
publisher University of Edinburgh
series Papers in Historical Phonology
issn 2399-6714
publishDate 2016-11-01
description Consonant clusters that rarely occur lexically (i.e. within morphemes) may function as complexity markers when they span a morpheme boundary, i.e. when they occur morphonotactically. In this study we observe patterns in the diachronic dynamics of Middle English which hint at mutually beneficial effects between morphonotactic and lexical clusters. We suggest that the patterns revealed can be explained by frequency-based analogy effects in language acquisition.
url http://journals.ed.ac.uk/pihph/article/view/1693
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