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A declarative approach to conversion into verbs in German

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Among the most problematic and controversial phenomena in morphological theory is conversion. Several different analyses have been proposed in the literature which sometimes differ quite fundamentally, depending on the framework chosen. In many such frameworks the analysis of conversion demands the addition of a theoretical device that is not a natural consequence of the respective approach. In this paper, I will present an analysis of conversion within the declarative model of morphology called Word Design (cf. Neef 1996a) which allows to treat conversion as a phenomenon that is predictable from the theoretical assumptions. The analysis is restricted to German data and is not applicable straightforwardly to data from other languages for reasons that will become clear in the course of argumentation.

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Neef, M. (1999). A declarative approach to conversion into verbs in German. In: Booij, G., van Marle, J. (eds) Yearbook of Morphology 1998. Yearbook of Morphology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3720-3_9

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