Language complexity: typology, contact, change
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. Co. ©2008
Series:Studies in language companion series v. 94
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Complexity in linguistic theory, language learning and language change / Wouter Kusters -- Grammatical complexity in a cross-linguistic perspective / Matti Miestamo -- Complexity trade-offs between the subsystems of language / Gertraud Fenk-Oczlon & August Fenk -- Complexity trade-offs in core argument marking / Kaius Sinnemäki -- Assessing linguistic complexity / Patrick Juola -- How complex are isolating languages? / David Gil -- Complexity in isolating languages : lexical elaboration versus grammatical economy / Elizabeth M. Riddle -- Grammatical resources and linguistic complexity : Sirionó as a language without NP coordination / Östen Dahl -- Why does a language undress? strange cases in Indonesia / John McWhorter -- Morphological complexity as a parameter of linguistic typology : Hungarian as a contact language / Casper de Groot -- Language complexity and interlinguistic difficulty / Eva Lindström -- Complexity in nominal plural allomorphy / Antje Dammel & Sebastian Kürschner -- The simplicity of Creoles in a cross-linguistic perspective / Mikael Parkvall -- Complexity in numeral systems with an investigation into Pidgins and Creoles / Harald Hammarström -- Explaining Kabuverdianu nominal plural formation / Angela Bartens & Niclas Sandström -- Complexity and simplicity in minimal lexica : the lexicon of Chinook jargon / Päivi Juvonen
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 356 pages)
ISBN:9027231044
9027291357
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