UID:
almahu_9947414972302882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511486241 (ebook)
Content:
In some languages words tend to be rather short but in others they may be dauntingly long. In this book, a distinguished international group of scholars discuss the concept 'word' and its applicability in a range of typologically diverse languages. An introductory chapter sets the parameters of variation for 'word'. The nine chapters that follow then study the character of 'word' in individual languages, including Amazonian, Australian Aboriginal, Eskimo, Native North American, West African, Balkan and Caucasian languages, and Indo-Pakistani Sign Language. These languages exhibit a huge range of phonological and grammatical characteristics, the close study of which enables the contributors to refine our understanding of what can constitute a 'word'. An epilogue explores the status and cross-linguistic properties of 'word'. The book will be an invaluable resource for scholars of linguistic typology and of morphology and phonology.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Word: a typological framework /
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Typological parameters for the study of clitics, with special reference to Tariana /
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The word in Cupʼik /
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The word in Eastern/Central Arrernte /
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The eclectic morphology of Jarawara, and the status of word /
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Towards a notion of 'word' in sign languages /
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Synchronic and diachronic perspective on 'word' in Siouan /
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What is a word in Dagbani? /
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The word in Georgian /
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The word in modern Greek /
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What can we conclude? /
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521818995
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511486241
