5. Morphology in Relation to Phonology

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5.2. Morphology twice, to repair phonological damage
Since the tasks of morphology and phonology are potentially
conflicting, there are bound to be tensions. When phonology is going
too far, ensuring easy pronounceability at minimal effort for the speaker,
the hearer’s life may become harder insofar as semantic distinctions,
which are the responsibility of morphology, are not easily recognised.
One way of resolving such conflicts is to re-apply morphological rules
after those of phonology.
The following example from Bavarian, an Upper German dialect of
Modern High German, will illustrate.