LIN 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Inflection, Reduplication, Tenseness
2 Mar 2020
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Doesn"t result in a drastic change of meaning. Results in a substantial change in meaning. Tends to be less productive, more idiosyncratic, etc. What is verb agreement? in property z within some grammatical configuration . Head tilt towards subject, eye gaze towards object. A process whereby a grammatical element x matches a grammatical element y. From the form perspective: yes, the surface distribution of nmms can vary. Spoken morphemes don"t form a natural class either. The process of forming words from the smallest meaningful units, morphemes. Verbs can agree with non-first person objects in number: dual, exhaustive, multiple. No multiple agreement with subjects (in asl) By superimposing different rates, rhythms, degrees of tenseness, and. Inflectional morphology in sign: pluralization pauses on the basic signs. Pluralization strategies in sign (based on italian sl) Reduplication in space for non-body-anchored signs (also attested in spoken language)
