5. Morphology in Relation to Phonology
5. Morphology in Relation to Phonology
5. Morphology in Relation to Phonology
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F. Plank, <strong>Morphology</strong> I: <strong>5.</strong> <strong>Morphology</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Relation</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Phonology</strong> 14<br />
From the po<strong>in</strong>t of view of phonology, phonological rules can be<br />
dist<strong>in</strong>guished depend<strong>in</strong>g on whether they only make reference <strong>to</strong><br />
phonological structures and doma<strong>in</strong>s or are subject <strong>to</strong> morphological (or<br />
also lexical) conditions.<br />
Examples:<br />
In German, consonants are devoiced <strong>in</strong> syllable-f<strong>in</strong>al position (that is,<br />
the opposition voiced – voiceless is neutralised <strong>in</strong> f<strong>in</strong>al position, with<br />
voiceless as the only option)<br />
– a case of pure phonology.<br />
Vowels of word stems are umlauted (= fronted) when these stems are<br />
followed by suffixes for certa<strong>in</strong> morphological categories, with most of<br />
the relevant suffixes conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a non-back, non-low vowel (e.g., Mops,<br />
Mops-e DAT.SG, Möps-e PLURAL)<br />
– a case of morphologically conditioned phonology.
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