Difference between revisions of "Haplology"

From Glottopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (translations)
m (utrecht)
 
(One intermediate revision by one other user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Haplology''' is the reduction of a sequence of two identical or very similar syllables to a single such syllable.
+
'''Haplology''' is the reduction of a sequence of two identical or very similar [[syllable]]s to a single such syllable.
  
 
===Examples===
 
===Examples===
Line 5: Line 5:
 
* [[Middle English]] ''humblely'' > Modern English ''humbly'' (Campbell 1998:37)
 
* [[Middle English]] ''humblely'' > Modern English ''humbly'' (Campbell 1998:37)
 
* [[Basque]] ''sagar'' "apple" + ''ardo'' "wine" > ''sagardo'' "cider" (Trask 1996:68)
 
* [[Basque]] ''sagar'' "apple" + ''ardo'' "wine" > ''sagardo'' "cider" (Trask 1996:68)
 +
 +
=== Example ===
 +
 +
the English possessive '''s'' is not pronounced after the plural morpheme -''s'' (e.g. ''John's reaction'' vs. ''the two cats' reactions''). In Dutch, the noun-forming suffix -''eling'' may attach to nouns, verbs and adjectives (''dorpeling'' 'villager', ''zuigeling'' 'infant', ''stommeling'' 'idiot'). If the base ends in the sequence -''el'', one of the -''el''-sequences is haplologically deleted (''edel'' 'noble', ''edeling'' 'nobleman').
 +
 +
=== Link ===
 +
 +
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Haplology&lemmacode=701 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
 +
 +
=== References ===
 +
 +
* Haas, W. de & M. Trommelen 1992. ''Morfologisch Handboek van het Nederlands,'' SDU, Den Haag.
 +
* Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory,'' Blackwell, Oxford.
 +
* [[Lyle Campbell|Campbell, Lyle]]. 1998. ''Historical Linguistics: An Introduction''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
 +
* [[Robert Lawrence Trask|Trask, R. L.]]. 1996. ''Historical Linguistics''. London: Arnold.
  
 
===Other languages===
 
===Other languages===
Line 11: Line 26:
 
* Russian [[гаплология]]
 
* Russian [[гаплология]]
  
===References===
+
{{dc}}
* [[Lyle Campbell|Campbell, Lyle]]. 1998. ''Historical Linguistics: An Introduction''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
 
* [[Robert Lawrence Trask|Trask, R. L.]]. 1996. ''Historical Linguistics''. London: Arnold.
 
 
[[Category:Diachrony]]
 
[[Category:Diachrony]]
 +
[[Category:Morphology]]

Latest revision as of 15:50, 15 February 2009

Haplology is the reduction of a sequence of two identical or very similar syllables to a single such syllable.

Examples

  • Middle English humblely > Modern English humbly (Campbell 1998:37)
  • Basque sagar "apple" + ardo "wine" > sagardo "cider" (Trask 1996:68)

Example

the English possessive 's is not pronounced after the plural morpheme -s (e.g. John's reaction vs. the two cats' reactions). In Dutch, the noun-forming suffix -eling may attach to nouns, verbs and adjectives (dorpeling 'villager', zuigeling 'infant', stommeling 'idiot'). If the base ends in the sequence -el, one of the -el-sequences is haplologically deleted (edel 'noble', edeling 'nobleman').

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Haas, W. de & M. Trommelen 1992. Morfologisch Handboek van het Nederlands, SDU, Den Haag.
  • Spencer, A. 1991. Morphological Theory, Blackwell, Oxford.
  • Campbell, Lyle. 1998. Historical Linguistics: An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • Trask, R. L.. 1996. Historical Linguistics. London: Arnold.

Other languages