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A '''formative''' is a exponent of a [[morpheme]]. Formatives comprise not anly [[affixes]], [[phrasal affixes]] and [[particles]] but also non-concatenative changes like [[umlaut]], [[tone]] or [[stress]] change, deletion of one or more segments, [[consonant mutation]] and the like.  
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A '''formative''' is a [[exponent]] of a [[morpheme]]. Formatives comprise not anly [[affixes]], [[phrasal affixes]] and [[particles]] but also non-concatenative changes like [[umlaut]], [[tone]] or [[stress]] change, deletion of one or more segments, [[consonant mutation]] and the like.
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The term became well-known in the 1960s through its use in Chomsky & Halle (1968).
  
 
=== Examples ===
 
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===Reference===
 
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*Brugmann, Karl. 1908. Formans oder Formativum? ''Indogermanische Forschungen'' 22:69-72.
 
*Brugmann, Karl. 1908. Formans oder Formativum? ''Indogermanische Forschungen'' 22:69-72.
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*{{:Chomsky & Halle 1968}}
  
 
===other languages===
 
===other languages===

Revision as of 12:20, 11 January 2008

A formative is a exponent of a morpheme. Formatives comprise not anly affixes, phrasal affixes and particles but also non-concatenative changes like umlaut, tone or stress change, deletion of one or more segments, consonant mutation and the like.

The term became well-known in the 1960s through its use in Chomsky & Halle (1968).

Examples

English plural morpheme is the formative -s like in cat-s (cat+PL).

One of the German plural morphemes consist of the formative -e plus the umlaut of the stem vowel like in Stühl-e (Stuhl+PL) ‘chairs’. (Such morphemes are called simulfixes.)

A circumfix can be seen as consisting of two formatives: a prefix and a suffix.

The German clause negation particle nicht is a formative. Despite its syntactical separation from V0 grammatically (morphologically) it is a part of the verb inflection.

Subtypes

Origin

The term formative was introduced by Karl Brugmann (see Brugmann 1908), as a replacement for suffix, which he thought had unwanted diachronic connotations (Latin suffixum originally means 'attached element' and might suggest that such an element arose from a previously free word by diachronic aglutination).

Reference

  • Brugmann, Karl. 1908. Formans oder Formativum? Indogermanische Forschungen 22:69-72.
  • Chomsky, Noam A. & Halle, Morris. 1968. The sound pattern of English. New York: Harper & Row.

other languages

German Formativ