Zagadnienie morfu, ajomorfu, morfemu w językach fleksyjnych

Abstract

New structuralist (distributional) trends describe morphological structure of a language or textual material with the use of specific analytic rules. These rules are strictly connected with the notions of morph, allomorph, morpheme. Polish grammatical traditions have had different interpretations of the morpheme and different descriptive techniques. Can we apply the distributional method to the description of Slavonic languages? If this is so, can we find a theoretical basis for the traditional interpretation of the morpheme in Slavonic linguistics? The answer to the first question is negative. The latter requires a slight change of interpretation of the morpheme on the basis of new methodological tendencies (semiotics). The author's aim was not only to establish correct theoretical findings but also to consider the basic linguistic notions as applied to textbooks and practical analyses.