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Pages: 188
Authors: Toshihide Nakayama
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-04-30 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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This volume describes aspects of word- and sentence-formation in Nuuchahnulth (formerly known as Nootka), a language spoken on the west coast of Vancouver Islan
The Linearization of Affixes: Evidence from Nuu-chah-nulth
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Rachel Wojdak
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-08 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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This book examines the problem of linearization from a new perspective: that of the linearization of affixes. The author’s driving proposition is that affixat
Linguistic Theory and Complex Words
Language: en
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Authors: J. Stonham
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09-21 - Publisher: Springer

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Nuuchahnulth is known for its striking use of word-formation and complex inflection. This is the first book to provide a detailed description of the complex mor
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This book addresses the foundational question of category distinctions and challenges the traditional views from the modern theoretical and experimental perspec
The Oxford Handbook of Polysynthesis
Language: en
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Authors: Michael Fortescue
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-14 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This handbook offers an extensive crosslinguistic and cross-theoretical survey of polysynthetic languages, in which single multi-morpheme verb forms can express