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<p>Just a reminder: Tomorrow (Tue the 4th) is the first meeting of
Laura Kalin's MA Class on "Allomorphy and infixation" (<a
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PS LV zur Morphologie</a>), starting at 18:15 (6:15pm) in
Seminarraum 2. Course description below.</p>
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<p>This proseminar will engage with the crosslinguistic empirical
profiles of two morphological phenomena and explore their
implications for linguistic theory. The first phenomenon we will
take up is allomorphy, variation in the form of a morpheme
depending upon its environment, and the second is infixation, the
appearance of an affix inside of the stem it attaches to rather
than linearly concatenated with it. These phenomena raise
theoretical questions about locality, the nature of exponent
choice, derivational timing, and wordhood, all of which have
implications beyond just morphology. Once we have a handle on both
phenomena, we will put the two together and investigate cases of
allomorphy that involve infixation, e.g., allomorphy of infixes
themselves, and allomorphy triggered by infixes. Along the way, we
will take up the question of how best to model the interface of
morphology with syntax on the one hand, and phonology on the
other.</p>
This class will be highly interactive and hands-on. Instead of a
textbook, we will be reading selected original research. Students
will develop tools of analysis and argumentation that are applicable
in all areas of linguistics.
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