Analogy, Levelling, Markedness Principles of Change in Phonology and Morphology

Ranging from tonogenesis, stress shift, and quantity readjustment to paradigmatic levelling, allomorphy, and grammaticalization, this collection covers a wide spectrum of developments, primarily in Germanic, Romance, and Indo-Aryan. What is shared by the contributors is the view of individual changes as embedded in phonological and morphological systems. A traditional umbrella category of change in systems is that of analogy. Somewhat less sanctioned, markedness is a basic relation shaping the structure of systems, in phonology as well as morphology. From contemporary theoretical angles the role of markedness and analogy for change is explored in this volume.Lahiri, Aditi is the author of 'Analogy, Levelling, Markedness Principles of Change in Phonology and Morphology' with ISBN 9783110167504 and ISBN 3110167506.