Russian expressive derivation : a network morphology account
Andrew Hippisley · UKnowledge (University of Kentucky) · 1996
Introduction STUDIES in Russian morphology' make a distinction between inflectional morphology (slovoizmenenie) and derivational morphology or word-formation (slovoobrazovanie).This is because in Russian, as in many languages, inflectional and derivational operations differ from one another in a number of ways.Indeed, exactly what counts as prototypical inflection and prototypical derivation is addressed by Dressler2 who lists twenty criteria, and discussed by Scalise3 amongst others.Relevant to this discussion is the observation that in inflection the word-class does not change.For example, the different inflections of the noun base komnat(a) 'room' show changes in case and number