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ERIC ED273132: Explaining French Morphology "Naturally." |
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Examination of a small segment of French morphology |
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involving the role of the final consonant illustrates the |
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applicability of the natural morphology approach to |
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linguistic analysis. Representative examples of modern |
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French adjectival, verbal, and nominal word forms are |
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subjected to analysis in terms of iconic, non-iconic, and |
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counter-iconic structure. The analysis also includes |
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historical perspectives on the feminine, subjunctive, |
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plural suffix, and prefix from late Latin and Old French. |
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Extensive naturalness is found in this restricted corpus. |
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The study concludes that the principal contribution of |
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the natural approach is the maximization of the |
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importance of iconicity of linguistic form, an aspect |
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recognized but minimized in recent linguistic study, and |
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that natural morphology appears to be a promising |
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framework for both synchronic and diachronic |
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morphological investigation in such areas as suppletion, |
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verb stem allomorphy, and the rise of prefixation in |
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nouns and verbs. (MSE) |
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Date Published: 2014-12-27 11:50:50 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED273132 |
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Item Size: 13355915 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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# Topics |
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ERIC Archive; Adjectives; Consonants;... |
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@chris85 |
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