Variable shape templates and the position of Czech in templatic typology

Title: Variable shape templates and the position of Czech in templatic typology
Variant title:
  • Templáty s variabilní formou a pozice češtiny v templatické typologii
Author: Scheer, Tobias
Source document: Linguistica Brunensia. 2016, vol. 64, iss. 1, pp. 89-107
Extent
89-107
  • ISSN
    1803-7410 (print)
    2336-4440 (online)
Type: Article
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Abstract(s)
The article proposes an overview of the kind of templatic restrictions that are found across languages, as well as of related issues. Questions that are addressed include the delineation of templates (how is the stretch of the linear string defined that is subject to a templatic restriction?), their raison d'être (why do they exist in cases where they are not a morpheme?) and their interaction with morpho- syntax (how does the phonological size restriction come into being given the morpho-semantic category associated?). The study also looks at templates in acquisition, which appear ex nihilo when target languages have no templates (hence in absence of any stimulus) and disappear at a certain developmental stage. The existence of child templates may be related to the development of memory: templates are an instrument that reduces the amount of memory mobilized per word. Finally, it is shown that there are two distinct types of templates: Fixed Shape Templates (FST) and Variable Shape Templates (VST). The former are the classical Semitic templates where a fixed sequence of consonants and vowels satisfies the templatic restriction. While these can be stored as one lexical item, VST cannot since they satisfy the size restriction by way of a variety of shapes. For all issues discussed, the position of Czech templates in the typology is identified.
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