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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Feature Percolation''' is a mechanism proposed in Lieber (1980) and Williams (1981a) which copies features of one of the members of a morphological construction (usually features of the head) to the node that immediately dominates both members. As a consequence, a complex form inherits the properties of its head.<br /> <br /> === Example ===<br /> <br /> the English verb ''stand'' is a strong verb, which can be indicated by assigning the [[diacritic feature]] [+ablaut] to this verb. The complex verb ''withstand'' also is a strong verb. This can be accounted for if one assumes that the feature [+ablaut] will percolate up to the node dominating both ''with'' and ''stand'', as illustrated below:<br /> <br /> V V<br /> / \ [+abl]<br /> / \ / \<br /> P V P V<br /> with stand =&amp;gt; with stand<br /> [+abl] [+abl]<br /> <br /> === Link ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Feature+Percolation&amp;lemmacode=744 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Lieber, R. 1980. ''On the Organization of the Lexicon,'' PhD diss. Univ. of New Hampshire, reproduced by the IULC.<br /> * Williams, E. 1981a. ''On the notions 'Lexically Related' and 'Head of a Word','' Linguistic Inquiry 12, pp. 245-274<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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