Overabundance is defined as the situation in which two (or more) inflectional forms are available to realize the same cell in an inflectional paradigm. The paper presents a general introduction to overabundance, using the Canonical Typology framework. After an overview of ways in which overabundance can occur in paradigms, several criteria are introduced and discussed that allow us to establish a canonical typology of overabundance. Furthermore, various types of conditions on the selection of one or another of the forms in a relation of overabundance are reviewed. Studies of several cases from different languages are used to illustrate more and less canonical, and more or less conditioned, cases of overabundance.
Overabundance: A Canonical Typology
Thornton, Anna M.
2019-01-01
Abstract
Overabundance is defined as the situation in which two (or more) inflectional forms are available to realize the same cell in an inflectional paradigm. The paper presents a general introduction to overabundance, using the Canonical Typology framework. After an overview of ways in which overabundance can occur in paradigms, several criteria are introduced and discussed that allow us to establish a canonical typology of overabundance. Furthermore, various types of conditions on the selection of one or another of the forms in a relation of overabundance are reviewed. Studies of several cases from different languages are used to illustrate more and less canonical, and more or less conditioned, cases of overabundance.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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