In:Studies in Lexicogrammar: Theory and applications
Edited by Grzegorz Drożdż
[Human Cognitive Processing 54] 2016
► pp. 261–276
Word-specific phonology
The impact of token frequency and base transparency
Published online: 4 August 2016
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.54.14cza
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.54.14cza
Three factors play an important role in predicting the output of word formation processes and the direction of pattern extension: type frequency, token frequency, and base transparency. Base transparency, the focus of this chapter, is responsible for the selection of allomorphs that diverge the least from the base. One pattern from Finnish and two patterns from Polish illustrate various degrees of applicability of base transparency to specific words.
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