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Some problems with the lexical status of nondefault inflection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1999

Peter Indefrey
Peter Indefrey
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics, NL-6521 XL Nijmegen, The Netherlandsindefrey@mpi.nl
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Abstract

Clahsen's characterization of nondefault inflection as based exclusively on lexical entries does not capture the full range of empirical data on German inflection. In the verb system differential effects of lexical frequency seem to be input-related rather than affecting morphological production. In the noun system, the generalization properties of -n and -e plurals exceed mere analogy-based productivity.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , December 1999 , pp. 1025
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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