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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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Title of ebook: Word
ISBN: 9780511055164
parent-ISBN: 9780521818995
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Internet download file size: 1877 kb
Pages: 304
Published: 01-1999
Released online for download: 01-01-1999
Editor: Dixon, R. M. W.
Editor: Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.

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