535 Assignment 7

Edwin Williams, Section 3

Due: Tuesday, Feb.  10

1.    Define 'syncretism' (one sentence).


2.  According to Williams' hypothesis, is the 'basic' paradigm of a given language (a) the one with the fewest distinct forms, or (b) the one with the most distinct forms?



3.   What is the difference between intra-paradigm splitting and inter-paradigm splitting?