Abstract
In this paper I consider how best to model lexical regularization as a type of language change, and more specifically how to capture regularization when it is a question of realigning the syntactic function with the expected morphological expression. While it seems natural to approach language change in procedural terms, I will argue that a declarative/static approach is more natural for at least certain types of lexical change, specifically change that involves a reorganization of the paradigm. This account is modeled in the defaults-based framework of Network Morphology (Corbett & Fraser 1993; Brown & Hippisley forthcoming).
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2010
Repository Citation
Hippisley, Andrew R., "A declarative approach to language change: regularization as realignment" (2010). Linguistics Faculty Publications. 3.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/lin_facpub/3
