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The inverse morphology of Plains Cree (Algonquian)

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Several languages “sweeping a broad area from northeastern Asia eastward and southward across North America” (Klaiman 1992: 321) have been claimed to display some form of direct/inverse patterning in their morphology, although in many cases the system is not as obvious and transparent as it is in the Algonquian languages. Examples of language families in which inverseness has been claimed to occur are listed under (1), together with the relevant references. Except for Ellis (1971) and Ebert (1990/1991), the list is based on Klaiman (1992: 231).

1This article is an extended and revised version of a paper presented at the Sixth International Morphology Meeting in Szombathely, Hungary, September 16th -18th 1994. I would especially like to thank Dieter Wunderlich, who initially suggested to me the idea of looking into the inverse phenomenon, and who encouraged me to delve further into the problem, providing constructive criticism and good ideas. I would also like to thank Ingrid Kaufmann for the time she sacrificed in patient discussions with me, an anonymous reviewer for insightful and positive criticism, and Albert Ortmann, Teresa Parodi and Barbara Stiebels for discussions and comments. This work was carried out at the University of Düsseldorf, within SFB 282 ‘Theory of the Lexicon’, which is sponsored by the German Science Foundation (DFG).

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Fabri, R. (1996). The inverse morphology of Plains Cree (Algonquian). In: Booij, G., van Marle, J. (eds) Yearbook of Morphology 1995. Yearbook of Morphology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3716-6_2

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