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Some problems with the lexical statusof nondefault inflection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1999

Peter Indefrey
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics, NL-6521 XL Nijmegen, The Netherlands indefrey@mpi.nl
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Abstract

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Clahsen's characterization of nondefault inflection as based exclusively on lexical entries does not capture the full range of empirical data on German inflection. In the verb system differential effects of lexical frequency seem to be input-related rather than affecting morphological production. In the noun system, the generalization properties of -n and -e plurals exceed mere analogy-based productivity.

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© 1999 Cambridge University Press