Word: A Cross-Linguistic Typology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521046053)

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.

Author: R. M. W. Dixon
ISBN-10: 052104605X
ISBN-13: 9780521046053
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/05/2007
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d