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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
The adverbial suffix -ly₁ and the adjectival suffix -ly₂ typically do not combine (e.g., *ghost+ly₂+ly₁; 'in a ghostlike manner'). However, phonologically similar strings are attested when one /li/ string is part of the word stem (jollily, compared to: ?smellily, *lovelily). Does morphological structure modulate the acceptability of these words independently from the impact of phonological or usage-based constraints? In two experiments, jolly-type stems are rated more acceptable than smell- and love-type stems, which did not significantly differ from each other. A combination of phonological constraints and increased morphological complexity can account for the observed pattern.
Author(s): Ackerman LM, Drake S
Editor(s): Farrell Patrick
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting
Year of Conference: 2018
Pages: 16:1-10
Online publication date: 03/03/2018
Acceptance date: 03/03/2018
Date deposited: 04/03/2018
ISSN: 2473-8689
Publisher: Linguistic Society of America
URL: https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v3i1.4297
DOI: 10.3765/plsa.v3i1.4297
Series Title: Linguistic Society of America Proceedings
