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> 24<br />
• <strong>in</strong>itial/f<strong>in</strong>al kn, gn –> n, km, gm –> m unless s<strong>to</strong>p is syllabified as<br />
f<strong>in</strong>al and nasal as <strong>in</strong>itial<br />
know – ac-k.nowledge, gnostic – a-g.nostic, i-g.norant, recog.n-ize, pro-g.nosis<br />
resign – resig.n-ation, sign – sig.n-al, Charlemagne – mag.n-animous, mag.n-ificent,<br />
impugn – pug.n-acious<br />
paradigm – paradig.m-atic, phlegm – phleg.m-atic<br />
similar: skl –> sl, unless s.kVl<br />
muscle – mus.cul-ar<br />
like whistle, thistle, mistle-<strong>to</strong>e, bristle, jostle, hustle<br />
not just-ly, daft-ly, list-less, ghost-ly, soft-ly<br />
not pis<strong>to</strong>n, Lis<strong>to</strong>n<br />
listen, list-en, soft-en, oft-en, christ-en, moist-en, fast-en, ghast-ly (AmE)<br />
fricative + s<strong>to</strong>p + sonorant (syllabic): s<strong>to</strong>p deletes, subject <strong>to</strong> morphological conditions<br />
• v –> u<br />
resolve – resolu-tion, <strong>in</strong>volve – <strong>in</strong>volu-tion<br />
(salv-ation, starv-ation, <strong>in</strong>nerv-ation)
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