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Feature Percolation
MORPHOLOGY: a mechanism proposed in Lieber (1980) and Williams (1981a) which copies features of one of the members of a morphological construction (usually features of the head) to the node that immediately dominates both members. As a consequence, a complex form inherits the properties of its head. EXAMPLE: the English verb stand is a strong verb, which can be indicated by assigning the diacritic feature [+ablaut] to this verb. The complex verb withstand also is a strong verb. This can be accounted for if one assumes that the feature [+ablaut] will percolate up to the node dominating both with and stand, as illustrated below:
V V / \ [+abl] / \ / \ P V P V with stand => with stand [+abl] [+abl]
LIT. | Lieber, R. (1980) Williams, E. (1981a) |