A comparison of roots as units of analysis in Modern Hebrew and Spanish: exploring a remnant approach to defining roots

The root as a morphological unit has been utilized in the description and explanation of many linguistic patterns. The concept of the root, though, is not approached consistently across diverse morphological theories, making cross-linguistic comparison problematic. This paper explores a methodology...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Montoya, Ignacio L.
Μορφή: Online
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Mediterranean Morphology Meetings (MMM) 2016
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Διαθέσιμο Online:https://pasithee.library.upatras.gr/mmm/article/view/2731
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spelling oai:ojs.pasithee.library.upatras.gr:article-27312019-09-11T07:09:39Z A comparison of roots as units of analysis in Modern Hebrew and Spanish: exploring a remnant approach to defining roots Montoya, Ignacio L. roots; Hebrew; Spanish; cross-linguistic The root as a morphological unit has been utilized in the description and explanation of many linguistic patterns. The concept of the root, though, is not approached consistently across diverse morphological theories, making cross-linguistic comparison problematic. This paper explores a methodology for comparing roots across languages using what is called a remnant approach: Roots are characterized as the elements that remain after accounting for inflectional and derivational morphology. Such a characterization is preferable to a characterization in which roots are defined a priori in terms of a set of properties because it offers a procedure for identifying roots that is independent of the properties that we want to examine. The methodology for identifying roots via a remnant approach is illustrated using data from Modern Hebrew and Spanish, and a comparison of roots identified in this way is offered. Several observations from this comparison are discussed, including, for instance, that roots identified in such a manner have a more characteristic distribution than form or meaning in both Hebrew and Spanish. This and other findings suggest potential parameters that can serve as the basis of a more extensive typology of roots. In addition, the preliminary results of this work offer insights that can inform morphological theory. Mediterranean Morphology Meetings (MMM) 2016-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://pasithee.library.upatras.gr/mmm/article/view/2731 10.26220/mmm.2731 Mediterranean Morphology Meetings; Vol 10 (2016): Quo vadis morphology?; 136-145 Mediterranean Morphology Meeting; Vol 10 (2016): Quo vadis morphology?; 136-145 1826-7491 eng https://pasithee.library.upatras.gr/mmm/article/view/2731/2994
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A comparison of roots as units of analysis in Modern Hebrew and Spanish: exploring a remnant approach to defining roots
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title A comparison of roots as units of analysis in Modern Hebrew and Spanish: exploring a remnant approach to defining roots
title_short A comparison of roots as units of analysis in Modern Hebrew and Spanish: exploring a remnant approach to defining roots
title_full A comparison of roots as units of analysis in Modern Hebrew and Spanish: exploring a remnant approach to defining roots
title_fullStr A comparison of roots as units of analysis in Modern Hebrew and Spanish: exploring a remnant approach to defining roots
title_full_unstemmed A comparison of roots as units of analysis in Modern Hebrew and Spanish: exploring a remnant approach to defining roots
title_sort comparison of roots as units of analysis in modern hebrew and spanish: exploring a remnant approach to defining roots
description The root as a morphological unit has been utilized in the description and explanation of many linguistic patterns. The concept of the root, though, is not approached consistently across diverse morphological theories, making cross-linguistic comparison problematic. This paper explores a methodology for comparing roots across languages using what is called a remnant approach: Roots are characterized as the elements that remain after accounting for inflectional and derivational morphology. Such a characterization is preferable to a characterization in which roots are defined a priori in terms of a set of properties because it offers a procedure for identifying roots that is independent of the properties that we want to examine. The methodology for identifying roots via a remnant approach is illustrated using data from Modern Hebrew and Spanish, and a comparison of roots identified in this way is offered. Several observations from this comparison are discussed, including, for instance, that roots identified in such a manner have a more characteristic distribution than form or meaning in both Hebrew and Spanish. This and other findings suggest potential parameters that can serve as the basis of a more extensive typology of roots. In addition, the preliminary results of this work offer insights that can inform morphological theory.
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