Paradigm linkage: content paradigms, form paradigms, and correspondence #
Inflectional morphology relates three levels of representation ([Stu12];
the book-length apparatus is [Stu16]): a lexeme's content paradigm of
cells ⟨L, σ⟩ pairing a lexeme with a syntacticosemantic property set, a stem's
form paradigm of cells ⟨Z, τ⟩ pairing a stem with a property set it inflects
for, and the realized paradigm of word forms. A content cell is realized by
being linked to its form correspondents, whose realizations it shares. The
correspondence is a finite relation in factored presentation: a stem selection
stems : L → P → Finset Z and a lexeme-sensitive property mapping pm : L → P → P.
Canonically the relation is the graph of ⟨l, σ⟩ ↦ ⟨root l, σ⟩ ([stump-2006]'s
universal default rule of paradigm linkage).
Canonical linkage is the typological extreme against which deviations are
calibrated — [Cor07]'s canonical-typology method, with the axes read off
the correspondence relation's standard properties. IsTotal: every content cell
has a form correspondent. IsUnivalent: at most one. IsStemInvariant: one stem
serves all of a lexeme's cells. IsInjective: no two content cells share a
correspondent. IsPropertyPreserving: a correspondent carries the content cell's
own property set. Each named noncanonical phenomenon negates one axis:
defectiveness totality ([Stu12] §3.1), overabundance univalence
([Tho11]'s cell-mates), suppletion stem invariance (§3.4), syncretism
injectivity (§3.2), and deponency and functor-argument reversal property
preservation (§3.3).
Stem invariance is one instance of a projection-indexed family: InvariantAlong p
asks the composite p ∘ stems to be constant per lexeme. Instantiated at a
consumer-supplied inflection-class projection cls : Z → K it yields
heteroclisis — form correspondents drawn from form paradigms of two or more
inflection classes ([stump-2006]). Because constancy transfers along any
projection (InvariantAlong.comp), heteroclisis entails stem non-invariance
(IsHeteroclite.isSuppletive): heteroclisis is "a kind of stem alternation" even
when the stems are phonologically identical, [stump-2006]'s reading of Czech
PRAMEN, whose two stems differ in class but not in form.
Main declarations #
Linkage L Z P— the correspondence in factored presentation: finite stem selection and lexeme-sensitive property mappingLinkage.corr,Linkage.realize— the form-correspondent set of a content cell and the realized paradigm over itLinkage.IsTotal,IsUnivalent,IsStemInvariant,IsInjective,IsPropertyPreserving— the axes of canonical linkage;IsCanonicalbundles them;InvariantAlongis the projection-indexed generalization of stem invarianceLinkage.IsDefective,IsOverabundant,IsSuppletive,IsHeteroclite,IsSyncretic,IsUnfaithful— the six deviations, each an axis failure (isDefective_iff_not_isTotal,isOverabundant_iff_not_isUnivalent,isSyncretic_iff_not_isInjective, …)Linkage.IsHeteroclite.isSuppletive— heteroclisis entails stem non-invarianceLinkage.HasCellMates— distinct realized forms at one cell; entailsIsOverabundantLinkage.IsVirtual— a form cell no content cell corresponds toLinkage.canonical/canonical_isCanonical— the total, lexeme-blind, one-stem linkage, canonical on all axesLinkage.realize_eq_of_corr_eq,realize_eq_of_corr_eq_lexeme— shared correspondents force shared realizations, within and across lexemes
A paradigm linkage ([Stu12]) from the vantage of a single
lexeme: the two components of the form-correspondence relation. stems selects
the finite set of stems realizing a content cell — empty at a gap in the stem
specification, more than one at an overabundant cell; pm carries a content
cell's property set to its form correspondents', and may consult the lexeme.
Canonically stems is singleton-valued and constant in the property set and
pm is the identity.
- stems : L → P → Finset Z
The stems realizing a content cell
⟨l, σ⟩: empty where the stem specification has a gap, non-singleton where the cell is overabundant. - pm : L → P → P
The property mapping carrying a content cell's property set to its form correspondents', consulting the lexeme for functor-argument reversal.
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The form correspondents of a content cell ⟨l, σ⟩: each selected stem
paired with the mapped property set — empty where the stem specification has a
gap.
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The realized paradigm on content cells: a content cell realizes as its
form correspondents do. realizeForm supplies the form-cell realization; the
result is empty exactly where the correspondent set is.
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The axes of canonical linkage #
Univalence: every content cell has at most one form correspondent. Overabundance is the failure.
Equations
- ℓ.IsUnivalent = ∀ (l : L) (σ : P), (ℓ.stems l σ).card ≤ 1
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Invariance along a projection: the composite p ∘ stems is constant on
each lexeme's paradigm. At p := id this is stem invariance; at an
inflection-class projection it is the axis heteroclisis negates. Undefined cells
impose no constraint.
Equations
- ℓ.InvariantAlong p = ∀ (l : L) ⦃σ₁ σ₂ : P⦄ ⦃z₁ z₂ : Z⦄, z₁ ∈ ℓ.stems l σ₁ → z₂ ∈ ℓ.stems l σ₂ → p z₁ = p z₂
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Stem invariance: one stem serves all of a lexeme's cells, so its correspondents come from a single form paradigm. Stem suppletion is the failure.
Equations
- ℓ.IsStemInvariant = ℓ.InvariantAlong id
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Injectivity: no two content cells of a lexeme share a form correspondent. Syncretism is the failure.
Equations
- ℓ.IsInjective = ∀ (l : L) ⦃σ₁ σ₂ : P⦄, σ₁ ≠ σ₂ → Disjoint (ℓ.corr l σ₁) (ℓ.corr l σ₂)
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Property preservation: a form correspondent carries the content cell's own property set. Deponency, functor-argument reversal, and directional syncretism are failures.
Equations
- ℓ.IsPropertyPreserving = ∀ (l : L) (σ : P), ℓ.pm l σ = σ
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Canonical paradigm linkage ([Stu12], axes per [Cor07]'s canonical-typology method): all five axes at once.
- total : ℓ.IsTotal
- univalent : ℓ.IsUnivalent
- stemInvariant : ℓ.IsStemInvariant
- injective : ℓ.IsInjective
- propertyPreserving : ℓ.IsPropertyPreserving
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Constancy transfers along any further projection.
A stem-invariant linkage is invariant along every projection.
Deviations from canonical linkage #
Each noncanonical phenomenon negates one axis.
Defectiveness: some content cell lacks a form correspondent ([Stu12] §3.1). Negates totality.
Equations
- ℓ.IsDefective = ∃ (l : L) (σ : P), ℓ.stems l σ = ∅
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Overabundance: some content cell has two or more form correspondents — [Tho11]'s cell-mates, at the level of the correspondence. Negates univalence.
Equations
- ℓ.IsOverabundant = ∃ (l : L) (σ : P), 2 ≤ (ℓ.stems l σ).card
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Suppletion: a lexeme's correspondents draw on more than one stem ([Stu12] §3.4). Negates stem invariance.
Equations
- ℓ.IsSuppletive = ¬ℓ.IsStemInvariant
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Heteroclisis: a lexeme's correspondents draw on form paradigms of two or
more inflection classes ([stump-2006]), the classes given by a projection
cls : Z → K. Negates invariance along cls.
Equations
- ℓ.IsHeteroclite cls = ¬ℓ.InvariantAlong cls
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Syncretism: two distinct content cells share a form correspondent ([Stu12] §3.2). Negates injectivity.
Equations
- ℓ.IsSyncretic = ∃ (l : L) (σ₁ : P) (σ₂ : P), σ₁ ≠ σ₂ ∧ ¬Disjoint (ℓ.corr l σ₁) (ℓ.corr l σ₂)
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Unfaithfulness: some content cell's form correspondents carry a different property set — deponency and functor-argument reversal ([Stu12] §3.3). Negates property preservation.
Equations
- ℓ.IsUnfaithful = ∃ (l : L) (σ : P), ℓ.pm l σ ≠ σ
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Defectiveness is exactly the failure of totality.
Overabundance is exactly the failure of univalence.
Syncretism is exactly the failure of injectivity.
Unfaithfulness is exactly the failure of property preservation.
Heteroclisis entails stem non-invariance: drawing on two inflection classes is drawing on two stems, [stump-2006]'s "a kind of stem alternation" — even when the stems are phonologically identical, as in Czech PRAMEN.
A virtual cell: a form cell no content cell corresponds to ([Stu12] §4). Realization rules still define a value there, which language change can release by suppressing a linkage override.
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Decidability #
Instances by inferInstanceAs on the definitional unfolding, so decide
reduces in the kernel.
Realization #
Equal correspondent sets force equal realizations ([Stu12] §3.2): the mechanism of syncretism.
Correspondent sets shared across two lexemes force shared realizations:
the cross-lexeme companion of realize_eq_of_corr_eq. This is the mechanism
behind [JA20]'s Same Verb solution — homophones with a shared
morphosyntactic-form pivot inflect alike, however their distinct semantics.
A shared form correspondent already forces a shared realized form, even when the full correspondent sets differ: the multi-valued syncretism mechanism.
Cell-mates ([Tho11]): some content cell realizes as two or more distinct word forms.
Equations
- ℓ.HasCellMates realizeForm = ∃ (l : L) (σ : P), 2 ≤ (ℓ.realize realizeForm l σ).card
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Cell-mates certify overabundance: distinct realized forms at one cell need distinct form correspondents there. The converse fails — distinct correspondents may realize alike.
The canonical linkage #
The canonical one-stem linkage: a total, univalent, lexeme-blind stem selection with the identity property mapping — the graph of [stump-2006]'s universal default rule of paradigm linkage.
Equations
- Morphology.Linkage.canonical st = { stems := fun (l : L) (x : P) => {st l}, pm := fun (x : L) (σ : P) => σ }
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The canonical linkage is canonical on all five axes.
The realization view #
The stem selection as a realization: lexemes as indices, property sets
as contexts, stems as forms. A lossless embedding — the linkage adds only
the property mapping pm on top of it.
Equations
- ℓ.toRealization = { realize := ℓ.stems }
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The linkage and its realization agree on univalence.