The tension between "combinatorial" and "class-default" regularity

Authors
Carstairs-McCarthy, A
Citation
A. Carstairs-mccarthy, The tension between "combinatorial" and "class-default" regularity, BEHAV BRAIN, 22(6), 1999, pp. 1017
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES
ISSN journal
0140525X → ACNP
Volume
22
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(199912)22:6<1017:TTB"A">2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Clahsen shows that "combinatorial" inflection is processed differently from "irregular" inflection. However,combinatorially regular affixes need not c oincide with "class-default" affixes, that is, affixes shared by more than one inflection class and all of whose rivals are peculiar to one class. Thi s creates a tension that may help to explain the persistence of inflection class systems.