Talk:Realizational morphology
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form of morphology
What does form mean in form of morphology? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:44, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
Phrasing Problems
"This theory also denies that morphemes are signs (form-content pairs). Instead, inflections are stem modifications which serve as exponents of morphological feature sets." is almost directly copied off of a website and needs to be rephrased. (https://www.wordsense.eu/realizational/#:~:text=realizational%20(English)&text=(linguistics)%20Of%20or%20relating%20to,(form%2Dcontent%20pairs).) I have also linked the website in the citations for now.
Phrasing could be improved in general. There is still a lot of information without sources.
"Realizational" vs "word-and-paradigm", move request and useful sources
This article conflates realizational and word-and-paradigm (WP) morphology, but the terms have different meanings. Realizational morphology is a word-and-paradigm framework, but word-and-paradigm is a broader term that includes other theories as well. It is also worth noting that word-and-paradigm may be understood by more readers, since it's a term that is often included in general linguistic courses. Given this fact, and the broader nature of the term WP, a move might be worth considering.
The inclusion of the opposing terms realizational and incremental may be useful to define realizational morphology.
Potential sources
This is the most useful, updated source on the matter:
- Blevins, J. P. (2016). Word and Paradigm Morphology.
Other useful sources include:
- Blevins, James P., Farrell Ackerman, and Rob Malouf, 'Word and Paradigm Morphology', in Jenny Audring, and Francesca Masini (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Morphological Theory, Oxford Handbooks (2018; online edn, Oxford Academic, 8 Jan. 2019)
- Bauer, L. (2003). 11 Word-and-Paradigm Morphology. In Introducing Linguistic Morphology (pp. 196-213). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Posner R. P. H. Matthews, Morphology. An introduction to the theory of word-structure. (Cambridge Text-books in Linguistics, 1.) London: Cambridge University Press, 1974. Pp. 243. Index. Journal of Linguistics. 1975;11(2):270-277.
- Stump GT. Inflectional Morphology: A Theory of Paradigm Structure. Cambridge University Press; 2001. (This is already used as a source in the current version of the article, but since it outlines a specific theory within WP, it might be worth focusing on the other sources first.)
For the history of the field:
- In Blevins (2016; see above), chapters 1 and 2 cover the history of WP.
- Robins, R.H. (1959), IN DEFENCE OF WP. Transactions of the Philological Society, 58: 116-144.
- Matthews, P. H. (1965). Some Concepts in Word-and-Paradigm Morphology. Foundations of Language, 1(4), 268–289.
IlmarisenVasara 03:28, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
- I'm going to be bold about this, while being open to reverts and further discussion. IlmarisenVasara 05:13, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
- Could not move, I will request the move with {{subst:Requested move}} IlmarisenVasara 05:26, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
Requested move 21 March 2026
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Realizational morphology → Word-and-paradigm morphology – Word-and-paradigm and realizational are not synonyms. Realizational is a WP theory, possibly the most influential one as of now, but it's not the only one. "WP" might also be more recognizable to people who are newer to the subject (see above). IlmarisenVasara 05:35, 21 March 2026 (UTC)