Productivity & Reduplication

Question 1

What does Productivity refer to?

Answer 1

The ability of a morphological process to apply to other words

Question 2

is -ness or -ity more productive?

Answer 2

Its -ness

Question 3

What factors contribute to productivity?

Answer 3

Semantic transparency, phonological transparency, frequency of use

Question 4

What’s the difference between token and type frequency?

Answer 4

token frequency refers to the raw count of all instances of a morphological unit
type frequency is the count of unique types of a morphological unit

Question 5

How do you write the gloss for reduplication?

Answer 5

Item and arrangement: environmentally restricted, affix-like element
-aCi / XCi __#
Item and process: reduplication as a morpho-phonological process
XCi > XCi aCi