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This article deals with the order of verbal suffixes in Adyghe, a polysynthetic language of the Caucasus. Traditionally the structure of the Adyghe word form and the order of its affixes were described in terms of template morphology. However, we present new data demanding another, substantially different approach. We demonstrate that for the most part suffix ordering within the Adyghe verb follows strictly compositional rules. This feature is a manifestation of the polysynthetic nature of the language.
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Korotkova, N., Lander, Y. Deriving affix ordering in polysynthesis: evidence from Adyghe. Morphology 20, 299–319 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11525-010-9185-y
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