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Examine the principle of Antihomophony and its impact on understanding grammatical morphemes.

March 2, 2026Open Access

Antihomophony and English of

Puntos clave

Examine the principle of Antihomophony and its impact on understanding grammatical morphemes.
Reviewed distribution of various grammatical and functional morphemes.
Analyzed elements like 'there', 'will', and language-specific markers.
Argued for a unified understanding of the partitive preposition 'of'.
Confirmed that examined morphemes are consistent across different contexts.
Demonstrated that Antihomophony simplifies the understanding of the functional lexicon.

Resumen

Grounded in the principle of Antihomophony (Kayne 2019a), several grammatical/functional morphemes, previously considered to have different properties according to their distribution, are examined. A more abstract and fine-grained analysis of the contexts in which these morphemes appear confirms that they are the same element in all constructions. After reviewing elements such as there, will, Italian feminine marker -a or Spanish plural marker -s, the so-called partitive preposition of is argued to be the same element as the one in other constructions. Therefore, Antihomophony is a powerful principle that simplifies the functional lexicon.

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