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in morphology this is when an alteration completely changes a word. These changes cannot be explained by rules because the new forms of the word have different roots. An example of this would be “went” and “go.”  
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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.”  
  
==References==
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==See Also==
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*[[Morphology (definition)]]
  
Crystal, David, and David Crystal. The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin, 1999.
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==External Links==
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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
  
Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.  
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==References==
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*Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.
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*Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 00:19, 17 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.