The story of -š/-iš: the comparative in Ukrainian

Journal
Papers of the Linguistic Society of Belgium, vol. 16 (2022)

Author(s)
Anastasiia Vyshnevska (KULeuven)

Abstract
The comparative suffix in Ukrainian seemingly has four allomorphs: the productive form –, and the non-productive forms –š, –č, and –šč. This paper is based on a claim by Bevzenko (1960) that the suffixes –č and –šč are derived from –š, being a result of assimilative-dissimilative changes. As a result, the number of suffixes can be reduced to two, namely –š and –. I will show that the distribution of these two suffixes in Ukrainian is not regulated by phonology.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.61430/CEUQ5790