Relevance (in morphology)

In morphology, (semantic) relevance refers to the different degrees to which the meaning of affixes and other elements affects and interacts with the meaning of the stem (following Bybee 1985).


 * "[a] meaning element is relevant to another meaning element if the semantic content of the first directly affects or modifies the semantic content of the second" (Bybee 1985:13)

Polysemy
For another meaning of the term, see
 * relevance (in pragmatics)

Origin
The term relevance in this meaning originates with Bybee (1985).

Other languages
German Relevanz (in der Morphologie)