Difference between revisions of "Suppletion (definition)"

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

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

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-Suppletion is a [[Morphology (definition)|morphological]] change that completely changes a word. These changes cannot be explained by rules because the new forms of the word have different roots. 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.”
-==References==
-Crystal, David, and David Crystal. The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin, 1999.
+==See Also==
+==External Links==
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppletion
-Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
+==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.
 [[Category:Technical Definitions]]
+[[Category: Morphology]]