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A contrastive analysis of verbal inflection classes in Polish and Croatian
A contrastive analysis of verbal inflection classes in Polish and Croatian

Author(s): Antigona Katičić, Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk, Wolfgang U. Dressler
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo

Summary/Abstract: The main goals of this contribution are 1) to propose and to illustrate a new model of identifying inflection classes, which is based on inflectional productivity, 2) to show the importance of language contact studies for the identification of productivity, 3) to elaborate on the consequences for contrastive typology, 4) to define and contrast morphological richness of two closely cognate languages: Polish and Croatian.

  • Issue Year: 1996
  • Issue No: 41-42
  • Page Range: 127-138
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English