A Syntactic Approach to Case Contiguity

Authors

  • Chris Collins New York University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59236/Continua2.1/Collins

Keywords:

Case, *ABA, Accidental Homophony

Abstract

Building on the empirical results and theoretical insights of Caha 2013, I show how to derive the Case Contiguity Constraint in a syntactic theory of morphology. In particular, I show how to derive *ABA in the domain of case syncretism without appeal to late insertion.

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Published

2025-04-04

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2025)

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 2025 Chris Collins

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