Word: A Cross-Linguistic Typology

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: Robert M. W. Dixon
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 20, 2003
• | Number of Pages: 308 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0521818990
• | ISBN-13: 9780521818995