Word A Cross-Linguistic Typology |
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| Editor:
| Dixon, R. M. W.
Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-81899-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $73.99 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionIn 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.