Rivista | Balcania et Slavia
Fascicolo | 1 | 2 | 2021
Articolo | From Number Cycle to Split Plurality and Back in Albanian

From Number Cycle to Split Plurality and Back in Albanian

Abstract

Albanian plural morphology is analysed in the paper as split between the Num and n heads. This is shown to result diachronically from a plural-to-singular reanalysis cycle, where splitting the number morphology between Num and n has worked as a competition resolution strategy in Albanian. The system is still in transition, however, and represents a long-lasting state of a dynamic equilibrium.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 13 Settembre 2021 | Accettato: 03 Dicembre 2021 | Pubblicato 21 Dicembre 2021 | Lingua: en

Keywords Competition resolutionPlural morphologySplit numberReanalysis cycleAlbanianEquilibrium


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