Morphology 2
Morphotactics
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Restrictions on the ordering of morphemes within a word
- English nouns
Alternation rules
- Rules governing variation in the form of morphemes in particular contexts
- An English example
y → ie / C __ +s
(A context-sensitive rule stating that y turns into ie when it comes after a consonant and before a morpheme boundary followed by
s.)
Finite-state automata and morphology
- Is language (morphology, syntax) finite-state (regular), context-free, context-sensitive, or what?
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English noun morphotactics
- Deterministic and non-deterministic FSAs
