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Suppletion is a [[Morphology (definition)|morphological]] change that completely changes the form of a word.  An example of suppletion in English would be “went” and “go.”  
 
Suppletion is a [[Morphology (definition)|morphological]] change that completely changes the form of a word.  An example of suppletion in English would be “went” and “go.”  
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Morphology (definition)]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppletion
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*http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsSuppletion.htm
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*http://www.glottopedia.de/index.php/Suppletion
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The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppletion
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 23:19, 16 June 2012

Suppletion is a morphological change that completely changes the form of a word. An example of suppletion in English would be “went” and “go.”

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

References

  • Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.
  • Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.