Paradigm pattern
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The term "paradigm pattern" refers more or less to the notion of "morphological pattern".
The problem with the term "paradigm" is that it is interpreted very differently by various schools of linguistics. So, the term "paradigm pattern" is confusing.
The main point concerns the description in extension or in intension of the forms of a lexeme.
The different interpretations are, at least:
1) The term "paradigm" refers exclusively to the explicit list of inflected forms of a given lexeme. See for instance, page 38 in Matthews, Peter. (1991). Morphology (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. The term "inflectional class" is used to refer to a description in intension. These two terms are used exclusively in the context of inflection, that means that derivation, composition are not concerned.
2) Some Russian/Canadian authors consider that the term "paradigm" may refer to the description in extension or in intention. See for instance, page 356 and 361 in Mel'čuk, Igor A. (1993). Cours de morphologie générale, vol. 1. Montreal: Presses de l'Université de Montréal. The first meaning is called paradigm-1 and the second one is called paradigm-2. Sometimes the second one is called 'type of paradigm'.
3) Some NLP researchers use the term 'paradigm' for a description in intension (see for instance the GENELEX/EAGLES models of lexicons) and never talk of a description in extension.
4) Some people interpret the term paradigm in the epistemological sense for scientific paradigm.
[edit] Quotations
- Paradigm "is a word too often used by those who would like to have a new idea but cannot think of one."
— Mervyn Allister King, then—Deputy Governor, Bank of England
