Vowel-zero Alternations in Czech Double Diminutives: From the Havlík Pattern to the Lower Pattern

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angličtina
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Vowel-zero Alternations in Czech Double Diminutives: From the Havlík Pattern to the Lower Pattern
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This paper analyzes the phonological and the morphological structure of Czech double diminutives in eček. I argue that these diminutives are created by recursive application of the suffix -ek whose initial vowel e alternates with zero. Diachronically speaking, the eček diminutives display both patterns of V-zero alternations that are found in languages: in OCz they followed the Havlík pattern, where alternants are in complementary distribution (domček), while in MoCz they follow the Lower pattern, wherestrong alternants (i.e. vowels) are always preceded by strong alternants (domeček). I claim that the Havlík to Lower change consists in a change of the properties of the lexicon: in MoCz, the suffix -ek is lexically specified as a phase trigger whose insertion into the appropriate morphosyntactic node initiates derivation of its sister node. By contrast in OCz the diminutive -ek did not trigger any phase.
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2009
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