Comparing inflectional structure across a dialect group: verb morphology in the 'croissant linguistique'
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2021
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verb inflection stem spaces dialect continuum morphology dialectology Croissant linguistique Gallo-RomanceSujets proches
Tools Hand tools Handtools Biological structure Form in biology Comparative morphology Structure in biology Biological form Inflection Language and languages--Inflection Verb Inflection Inflectional morphology Language and languages--Inflection CaseCiter ce document
Maximilien Guérin et al., « Comparing inflectional structure across a dialect group: verb morphology in the 'croissant linguistique' », HAL-SHS : linguistique, ID : 10670/1.k7leaw
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Our paper illustrates the application of tools developed for the formal modelling of individual inflectional systems (in particular, stem space analysis), to the description of inflection across a dialect group, in this case the transitional area between northern and southern Gallo-Romance varieties, traditionally termed 'Croissant linguistique'. Such tools provide a means of direct and efficient comparison between the paradigmatic distribution of exponents in different speech varieties: in the case of the Croissant, the organisation of roots, desinences and thematic material all indicate consistent subgroupings of varieties. The study demonstrates the practicality and value of such descriptors even in a minority or endangered language context where data may be scarce and highly variable.