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> 59<br />
Homeric <strong>in</strong>fixation<br />
Homer Jay Simpson from The Simpsons, a speaker of American English,<br />
would say th<strong>in</strong>gs like this:<br />
vio-ma-l<strong>in</strong><br />
oboe-ma-boe<br />
saxo-ma-phone<br />
secre-ma-tary<br />
Missi-ma-ssippi<br />
hippo-ma-potamus<br />
multipli-ma-cation<br />
delica-ma-cy<br />
That is, he is <strong>in</strong>fix<strong>in</strong>g -ma-. Never m<strong>in</strong>d what this <strong>in</strong>fix is supposed <strong>to</strong><br />
mean; but he would never <strong>in</strong>fix it like this: