Universal #974

Legacy number: 974

 Number  970
 Original  If there are analogical changes in their inflectional paradigms, long morphemes (stems and affixes) or words are more likely replace short or non-existent morphemes (stems and affixes) or words than the other way round.
 Standardized  When there are analogical changes in their inflectional paradigms, long morphemes (stems and affixes) or words are more likely to replace short or non-existent morphemes (stems and affixes) or words than the other way round.
 Keywords  stem, affix, morpheme, word, length, analogical change
 Domain  morphology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  Indo-European languages
 Source  Maøczak 1958: 321-323, Maøczak 1963: 26, Maøczak 1966: 100, Maøczak 1978: 54, Maøczak 1980: 284

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Discussion
Notes
1. Although the investigation is based only on Indo-European languages, the author assumes his generalisation to be valid for all languages (Maøczak 1963: 19; 1978: 57). Maøczak regards his investigation as different from Kury:owicz's (especially Kury:owicz 1949; see Maøczak 1978). The universals of Kury:owicz and Maøczak are quite distinct from each other (see Best 1973: 61-107 and Anttila 1977: 76-80). 2. Cf. #975.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Although the investigation is based only on Indo-European languages, the author assumes his generalisation to be valid for all languages (Maøczak 1963: 19; Maøczak 1978: 57). Maøczak regards his investigation as different from Kury:owicz's (especially Kury:owicz 1949; see Maøczak 1978). The universals of Kury:owicz and Maøczak are quite distinct from each other (see Best 1973: 61-107 and Anttila 1977: 76-80).

2. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=975"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">