Representing synthetic vs. analytic suffixation in Strict CV in English. Some problematic cases

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present some additions and corrections to a model I proposed in an earlier article (Kristó 2006) concerning the formal distinction between analytic and non-analytic (synthetic) suffixation, couched in a Strict CV framework. I address a question which remained unanswered in the article mentioned above: I will show that Kaye’s suggestion, i.e. that synthetic forms are phonologically indistinguishable from monomorphemic ones, is not tenable, and I also offer a working solution.

Keywords

• analytic
• synthetic
• suffixation
• Strict CV
• English