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Transitive softening in Russian conjugation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2026

Herbert S. Coats and
Theodore M. Lightner
Herbert S. Coats
Affiliation:
University of Washington
Theodore M. Lightner
Affiliation:
Université de Paris VII
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Abstract

The use of the transformational cycle in phonology was first proposed by Halle 1963 in his treatment of Transitive softening in Russian conjugation. In this paper, we provide an analysis of transitive softening that does not require such a powerful device as the transformational cycle. In addition, the analysis proposed here appropriately characterizes productive and non-productive verb classes in Russian.

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Language , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , June 1975, pp. 338 - 341
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Copyright © 1975 by Linguistic Society of America

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