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A Cross-Linguistic Typology

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Paperback | 4 December 2007

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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.

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'The book will be an invaluable resource for scholars of linguistic typology and of morphology and phonology.' Folia Linguistica '... every chapter is written in a very clear style [and] the book can be used by a wide range of readers ...' Journal of Phonology '... raises a whole range of fundamental questions ...' Journal of Linguistics ' ... this book provides stimulating information on word types in a number of different languages, including several found outside of Indo-european, and therefore should be included in any cross-linguistic survey of word types.' Linguistische Berichte

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List of contributors
Preface
List of abbreviations
Word: a typological framework
Typological parameters for the study of clitics, with special reference to Tariana
The word in Cup'ik
The word in Eastern/Central
The eclectic morphology of Jarawara, and the status of word
Towards a notion of 'word' in sign languages
Synchronic and diachronic perspective on 'word' in Siouan
What is a word in Dagbani
The word in Georgian
The word in Modern
What can we conclude?
Index of authors
Index of languages and language families
Index of subjects
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