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Lexical Frequency Within Grammatical Bounds: Phonological Default and Inflection-Class Conditioning in Greek Nominal
Anthi Revithiadou1, Giorgos Markopoulos2,3, Kosmas Kosmidis4
1Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Language and Speech
|July 15, 2026
Summary
Lexical frequency does not drive Greek stress assignment. Instead, grammatical factors like inflection class and phonological defaults constrain stress patterns for adults, while children show a strong preference for penultimate stress.
Area of Science:
- Linguistics
- Psycholinguistics
- Phonology
Background:
- Greek exhibits a morphology-dependent stress system.
- The role of lexical frequency in stress assignment is debated.
- Understanding stress patterns in children offers insights into language acquisition.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if lexical frequency influences stress assignment in Greek.
- To compare stress patterns in Greek nouns across different inflection classes.
- To analyze stress assignment differences between adults and children.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of stress distributions in three Greek lexical databases.
- Elicitation task with adults and elementary school children (Grades 3 and 6).
- Statistical modeling including frequentist and Bayesian generalized linear mixed-effects models, hypothesis testing, Bayes Factor analyses, and Monte Carlo simulations.
Main Results:
- Speakers' stress choices do not replicate lexical frequency distributions.
- Adults' stress patterns are influenced by inflection class but deviate from lexical frequencies.
- Children show a strong, frequency-insensitive preference for penultimate stress, with limited suffix-specific patterns in Grade 6.
Conclusions:
- Lexical frequency is constrained by grammatical factors in Greek stress assignment.
- Phonological defaults and inflection-class conditioning play a significant role.
- Children's stress patterns evolve towards adult-like, grammatically influenced systems.
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