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Word: A Cross-linguistic Typology Book

In this book, a distinguished international group of scholars discuss the concept 'word' and its applicability in a range of typologically diverse languages. The languages considered include Amazonian, Australian Aboriginal, Eskimo, Native North American, West African, Balkan and Caucasian languages, and Indo-Pakistani Sign Language. They exhibit a huge range of phonological, morphological and grammatical characteristics, the close study of which enables the contributors to refine our understanding of what can constitute a 'word'. The book will be an invaluable resource for scholars of linguistic typology and of morphology.Read More

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    A distinguished international group of scholars analyze the concept of "word" and its applicability in a range of typologically diverse languages. The languages include Amazonian, Australian Aboriginal, Eskimo, Native North American, West African, Balkan, Caucasian and Indo-Pakistani Sign Language. They exhibit a great range of phonological, morphological and grammatical characteristics, enabling the contributors to refine the definition of a "word" against this broad linguistic landscape. The book is of interest to scholars of linguistic typology and of morphology.

  • 052104605X
  • 9780521046053
  • 5 November 2007
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 308
  • 1
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