What is a portmanteau morph?

A portmanteau morph is a single morph that is analyzed as representing two underlying morphemes.

au ‘to (him)’ from a ‘to’ + le ‘masc. art’

du ‘of (him)’ from de ‘of’ + le ‘masc. art’

ne? ‘your’ from ne) ‘you’ + ?"@? poss.mkr.

Tu? ‘his’ from Tu$ ‘he’ + ?"@? poss.mkr.

• What is a morph?

Crystal 1985 237

Hartmann and Stork 1972 180

Context for this page:

• Concept module: portmanteau morph
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): P
• In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
• In bookshelf: Linguistics

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