Eckhard Bick - VISL

that particular derivation or inflexion form (e.g. 'europeu' + '-izar' -> 'europeizar'
[INF] and 'europeíza' [PR 3S]).
TP means paroxytony change: eligible roots need not have the same
accentuation as the suffixed word form.
Word class condition is a list of all word classes eligible as roots for this
suffix; each letter stands for a word class. Thus '-ico' attaches to nouns (s) and names
(n).
Combination rules: Since the root-suffix interface is inside the word stem, the
usual (inflexion based) combination class information in the main lexicon is of no
great use. So far, I have only used few such rules (apart from word class and
phonetic spelling, of course, which are treated in field 2 and 3). One rule says that
certain short verbal suffixes may only be attached, if certain prefixes are present in
the word form (cp. the '-ear' suffix in its '-ei' inflexion form, or '-ar' in 3b), in order to
avoid over-generation.
(3a) superamiga
"amiga" N F S
(3b) desamiga
"amiga" N F S
"amigo" V IMP 2S VFIN
"amigo" V PR 3S IND VFIN
"amiga" V IMP 2S VFIN ###
"amiga" V PR 3S IND VFIN ###
While desamiga yields 4 verbal readings based on the “causative” 12 suffix '-ar',
superamiga does not, because 'des-' is regarded as a "causative-combinable" prefix,
and 'super-' is not. This is what I in the following will refer to as a "semantic
circumfix condition". Note that 2 of the 4 verbal readings are marked for local
disambiguation by ###, since there is no difference in tags, but only in base form
('amigo' vs. 'amiga').
Another possible field for suffix combination rules is register information like
HV (high level scientific root).
Output is what appears in the analysis string: the derivative morpheme in its
base form, often followed by some semantic class marker. Apart from 'CAUSE' for
causative derivation in verbs, which is a combination condition for some prefixes ('a-
' and 'es-'), these are not used by the program yet.
Suffix word class is the suffix' own inherent word class, which will be
transferred to the word root it forms, and must be checked for outward compatibility
with any "outer layer" suffixes or inflexion endings. The outermost suffix thus
determines the final word class for the analysed text word.
12 Meaning “cause to be”, “make”, “turn into”.
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