535 Assignment 22: Spencer on Generalized Paradigm Function morphology

Note: last time I checked in with Spencer’s work, he had his own morphological framework, ‘Word-and-paradigm’ theory. With the publication of Stump’s book in 2001 (“Inflectional Morhpology), it seems like he’s coalesced into the PFM model, which may therefore be gathering steam. It would be nice if morphologists could continue coalesce somewhat, and then people working on similar problems wouldn’t be talking quite so much at cross-purposes all the time...

This paper is just a draft & has a few typos etc. in it. If you wish, you could keep track of them as part of your assignment, with page & line #s, and we could send our proofreading (and any substantive comments) to Spencer as a collective friendly gesture.

1. What does ‘extended exponence’ mean?

2. What pre-insertion DM operation closely corresponds to the notion of ‘portmanteau rule block’ in PFM?

3. In Stump’s formulation of a derivational paradigm, as described by Spencer, what is the main difference between derivational morphology and inflectional morphology? That is, what additional thing(s) (can) happen when a derivational PF applies to a stem that don’t happen when an inflectional PF applies to a stem? (one or two sentences max)

4. Spencer assumes that a representation of a lexical item involves 4 components, and that a PF can alter any or all of those components. What are the 4 components? Which component(s) is(are) altered in ‘pure inflection’ cases? Which component(s) is(are) altered in ‘pure derivation’ cases?