Word
A Cross-linguistic Typology
- Editors:
- R. M. W. Dixon, La Trobe University, Victoria
- Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, La Trobe University, Victoria
- Date Published: January 2003
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521818995
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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.
Read more- The concept of 'word' seems very simple, but becomes fraught with difficulty when applied to languages very different from our own, as comparative linguists often have to do
- This book covers languages from five continents, both spoken and signed, in order to arrive at a better understanding of this elusive concept
- The editors and contributors are internationally known for their work in this field, and wrote specially commissioned essays for this volume
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'The book will be an invaluable resource for scholars of linguistic typology and of morphology and phonology.' Folia Linguistica
See more reviews'… 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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- Date Published: January 2003
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521818995
- length: 308 pages
- dimensions: 236 x 160 x 24 mm
- weight: 0.628kg
- contains: 14 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of contributors
Preface
List of abbreviations
1. Word: a typological framework R. M. W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
2. Typological parameters for the study of clitics, with special reference to Tariana Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
3. The word in Cup'ik Anthony C. Woodbury
4. The word in Eastern/Central Arrernte John Henderson
5. The eclectic morphology of Jarawara, and the status of word R. M. W. Dixon
6. Towards a notion of 'word' in sign languages Ulrike Zeshan
7. Synchronic and diachronic perspective on 'word' in Siouan Robert Rankin, John Boyle, Randolph Graczyk and John Koontz
8. What is a word in Dagbani Knut J. Olawksy
9. The word in Georgian Alice C. Harris
10. The word in Modern Greek Brian Joseph
11. What can we conclude? P. H. Matthews
Index of authors
Index of languages and language families
Index of subjects.
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