Naujas požiūris į lietuvių kalbos daiktavardžio linksniavimo tipus pagal natūraliosios morfologijos teoriją

Abstract

There are no recent studies reflecting new approaches to Lithuanian noun inflection. In this study we introduce a new classification of noun classes based on Dressler's (1995-1996) concepts and on definitions advanced within the framework of Natural Morphology. It ibvolves a hierarchical organisation of noun classes comprising the levels of microclass, subsubclass, subclass, class, and macroclass. A paradigm comprises all inflectional forms of one word. An isolated paradigm is a paradigm which differs morphologically or morphonologicaly from all other paradigms. A thematic marker is the inflectional marker of an inflectional class. A class is a set of paradigms. It comprises subclasses which differ only in morphological or morphonological details. It is established by a common thematic marker. We differentiate hierarchically: macroclass and its successive subset classes: class, (sub)subclass, microclass. A microclass is the smallest subset of an inflectional class. A macroclass is the highest, most general type of class, subsuming several classes, subclasses or microclasses. Inflectional productivity is the capability of applying rules (e.g., characterizing inflectional paradigms) to new words.