TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dammel, Antje
A1  - Nübling, Damaris
T1  - The superstable marker as an indicator of categorial weakness?
T2  - Folia Linguistica
N2  - In this article we examine and "exapt" Wurzel's concept of superstable markers in an innovative manner. We develop an extended view of superstability through a critical discussion of Wurzel's original definition and the status of marker-superstability versus allomorphy in Natural Morphology: As we understand it, superstability is - above and beyond a step towards uniformity - mainly a symptom for the weakening of the category affected (cf. 1.,2. and 4.). This view is exemplified in four short case studies on superstability in different grammatical categories of four Germanic languages: genitive case in Mainland Scandinavian and English (3.1), plural formation in Dutch (3.2), second person singular ending -st in German (3.3), and ablaut generalisation in Luxembourgish (3.4).
KW  - Morphologie
Y1  - 2010
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/19926
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-81830
UR  - http://www.germanistik.uni-mainz.de/Dateien/Nuebling_Dammel_2006c.PDF
VL  - 40
SP  - 97
EP  - 113
ER  -