Phonological Conditions on Affixation

subcategorization model; as in this section, I begin by laying out the model, then discuss
the predictions that it makes for PCSA.
1.1.2 The subcategorization model
This section introduces the subcategorization approach, in which phonological
conditions on affixation are modeled by incorporating phonological aspects of stems
directly into the selectional requirements of affixes. In §1.1.2.1, I present the details of
this model, and in §1.1.2.2, I discuss the predictions of subcategorization for PCSA.
1.1.2.1 Description of the model
In the subcategorization approach, as mentioned above, suppletive allomorphy
results when two or more different affixes with the same meaning have different
subcategorizational requirements, which are selectional requirements imposed by affixes
on stems. In a morphological subcategorization approach (Lieber 1980, Kiparsky 1982b,
Selkirk 1982, Orgun 1996, Yu 2003, in press), affixation satisfies missing elements that
are required as specified in the lexical entry for each morpheme. An example of a
subcategorization account will be given below for an example from Tahitian (Polynesian,
French Polynesia; Lazard and Peltzer 2000), which will be discussed again in chapter 2.
In Tahitian, the causative/factitive is marked by ha’a when the root begins with a
labial ((7)a), and fa’a elsewhere ((7)b) (Lazard and Peltzer 2000: 224-225).
(7) a. fiu ‘se lasser’ ha’a-fiu ‘ennuyer, s’ennuyer’
mana’o ‘penser’ ha’a-mana’o ‘se rappeler’
veve ‘pauvre’ ha’a-veve ‘appauvrir’
b. ’amu ‘manger’ fa’a-’amu ‘faire manger, nourrir’
rave ‘faire’ fa’a-rave ‘faire faire’
tai’o ‘lire’ fa’a-tai’o ‘faire lire’
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