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New page: In morphology, a '''macroparadigm''' is a notion which is introduced in Carstairs (1987) to refer to a collection of paradigms which are distinct in phonologically, morphosyntactically...

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In morphology, a '''macroparadigm''' is a notion which is introduced in Carstairs (1987) to refer to a collection of [[paradigm]]s which are distinct in phonologically, morphosyntactically or semantically predictable ways.

===Example===
Compare the following three [[Hungarian]] verbal paradigms:

stem olvas 'read' ül 'sit' mond 'say'
1 sg. olvas-ok ül-ök mond-ok
2 sg. olvas-ol ül-sz mond-asz
3 sg. olvas ül mond
1 pl. olvas-unk ül-ünk mond-unk
2 pl. olvas-tok ül-tök mond-otok
3 pl. olvas-nak ül-nek mond-anak
('s' = [s], 'sz' = [s])

Carstairs assumes that these three verbs belong to the same macroparadigm, since the variation is fully predictable. First, stems with [[back vowel]]s (''olvas, mond'') select back vowel suffixes (''-ok, -unk''), while verb stems with [[front vowel]]s select front vowels. This variation is due to a rule of [[vowel harmony]]. Second, if a consonant cluster of three members arises this is split up by an [[epenthetic vowel]]. Third, in the 2sg. form a stem ending in a [[sibilant]] takes the suffix ''-ol/-el'', while other stems take ''-sz'' (or a variant).

===Link===
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/Uil-OTS/Lexicon/ Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

===References===
*[[Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy|Carstairs, Andrew]]. 1987. ''Allomorphy in inflexion.'' Beckenham: Croom Helm.
*[[Spencer, Andrew]]. 1991. ''Morphological Theory.'' Oxford:Blackwell.

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	*[[Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy\|Carstairs, Andrew]]. 1987. ''Allomorphy in inflexion.'' Beckenham: Croom Helm.		*[[Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy\|Carstairs, Andrew]]. 1987. ''Allomorphy in inflexion.'' Beckenham: Croom Helm.
	*[[Spencer, Andrew]]. 1991. ''Morphological Theory.'' Oxford:Blackwell.		*[[Spencer, Andrew]]. 1991. ''Morphological Theory.'' Oxford:Blackwell.
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 Compare the following three [[Hungarian]] verbal paradigms:
-stem	olvas	 'read' ül	'sit'   mond	 'say'
+  stem	olvas	 'read' ül	'sit'   mond	 'say'
 sg.	olvas-ok	ül-ök	 	mond-ok
 sg.	olvas-ol	ül-sz	 	mond-asz
 sg.	olvas		ül		mond
 pl.	olvas-unk	ül-ünk 		mond-unk
 pl.	olvas-tok	ül-tök 		mond-otok
 pl.	olvas-nak	ül-nek	 	mond-anak
-('s' = [s], 'sz' = [s])
+  ('s' = [s], 'sz' = [s])
 Carstairs assumes that these three verbs belong to the same macroparadigm, since the variation is fully predictable. First, stems with [[back vowel]]s (''olvas, mond'') select back vowel suffixes (''-ok, -unk''), while verb stems with [[front vowel]]s select front vowels. This variation is due to a rule of [[vowel harmony]]. Second, if a consonant cluster of three members arises this is split up by an [[epenthetic vowel]]. Third, in the 2sg. form a stem ending in a [[sibilant]] takes the suffix ''-ol/-el'', while other stems take ''-sz'' (or a variant).