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Macroparadigm
MORPHOLOGY: a notion which is introduced in Carstairs (1987) to refer to a collection of paradigms which are distinct in phonologically, morphosyntactically or semantically predictable ways. EXAMPLE: compare the following three Hungarian verbal paradigms:
stem olvas 'read' ül 'sit' mond 'say'
1 sg. olvas-ok ül-ök mond-ok
2 sg. olvas-ol ül-sz mond-asz
3 sg. olvas ül mond
1 pl. olvas-unk ül-ünk mond-unk
2 pl. olvas-tok ül-tök mond-otok
3 pl. olvas-nak ül-nek mond-anak
('s' = [s], 'sz' = [s])
Carstairs assumes that these three verbs belong to the same macroparadigm, since the variation is fully predictable. First, stems with back vowels (olvas, mond) select back vowel suffixes (-ok, -unk), while verb stems with front vowels select front vowels. This
variation is due to a rule of vowel harmony. Second, if a consonant cluster of three members arises this is split up by an epenthetic vowel. Third, in the 2 sg. form a stem ending in a sibilant takes the suffix -ol/-el, while other stems take -sz (or a variant).
| LIT. | Carstairs, A. (1987) Spencer, A. (1991) |