naa a22 4500 510742483 CHVBK 20180411083033.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11525-013-9223-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11525-013-9223-7 Wiese Bernd Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS), Postfach 10 16 21, 68016, Mannheim, Germany aut On Latin nominal inflection: the form-function relationship [Elektronische Daten] [Bernd Wiese] The present paper provides a new approach to the form-function relation in Latin declension. First, inflections are discussed from a functional point of view with special consideration to questions of syncretism. A case hierarchy is justified for Latin that conforms to general observations on case systems. The analysis leads to a markedness scale that provides a ranking of case-number-combinations from unmarked to most marked. Systematic syncretism always applies to contiguous sections of the case-number-scale (‘syncretism fields'). Second, inflections are analysed from a formal point of view taking into account partial identities and differences among noun endings. Theme vowels being factored out, endings are classified on the basis of their make-up, e.g., as sigmatic endings; as containing desinential (non-thematic) vowels; as containing long vowels; and so on. The analysis leads to a view of endings as involving more basic elements or ‘markers'. Endings of the various declensions instantiate a small number of types, and these can be put into a ranked order (aformal scale) that applies transparadigmatically. Third, the relationship between the independently substantiated functional and formal hierarchies is examined. In any declension, the form-function-relationship is established by aligning the relevant formal and functional scales (or ‘sequences'). Some types of endings are in one-to-one correspondence with bundles of morphosyntactic properties as they should be according to a classical morphemic approach, but others are not. Nevertheless, endings can be assigned a uniform role if the form-function-relationship is understood to be based on an alignment of formal and functional sequences. A diagrammatical form-function relationship is revealed that could not be captured in classical or refined morphemic approaches. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Latin nationallicence Inflectional morphology nationallicence Case nationallicence Syncretism nationallicence Morphology Springer Netherlands 23/2(2013-05-01), 179-200 1871-5621 23:2<179 2013 23 11525 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11525-013-9223-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11525-013-9223-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Wiese Bernd Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS), Postfach 10 16 21, 68016, Mannheim, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Morphology Springer Netherlands 23/2(2013-05-01), 179-200 1871-5621 23:2<179 2013 23 11525 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer