Why Russian inflection is and isn't complex: from A(ckerman and Malouf) to Z(aliznjak)

Authors

Jeffery R. Parker, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow

Keywords

morphological complexity, typology, Slavic linguistics

Abstract

Why do we care about morphological complexity?

• Typologically languages vary in how many morphosyntactic properties they express; morphological systems can have a large number of inflection classes, morphological distinguishers (e.g. exponents) to express these properties

• Paradigm Cell Filling Problem

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Parker, Jeffery R., "Why Russian inflection is and isn't complex: from A(ckerman and Malouf) to Z(aliznjak)" (2014). Faculty Publications. 6267.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6267

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

2014-10-20

Language

English

College

Humanities

Department

Linguistics

University Standing at Time of Publication

Assistant Professor

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