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Conlangery Podcast

Conlangery SHORTS #03: Expanding your Lexemes

Dec 31, 2012
10:27

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Quick takeaways

  • Discontinuous lexemes, as seen in German and Dutch separable prefix verbs, expand the definition of lexemes beyond just words or roots and stems.
  • The distribution of meaning across different elements in a phrase, like in Cherokee, Apache, and Ashaninka-Kampa languages, highlights the importance of considering the entire structure rather than individual words.

Deep dives

Expanding the Definition of Lexemes in Germanic Languages

In German and Dutch, there are separable prefix verbs like 'ankomen' and 'anfangen' where the prefix part gets shunted to the end of the phrase or can be separated by other words. These verbs demonstrate discontinuous meaning or discontinuous lexemes by expanding the definition of lexemes beyond just words or roots and stems.

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