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Title Language complexity : typology, contact, change / edited by Matti Miestamo, Kaius Sinnemäki, Fred Karlsson.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2008]
©2008
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 356 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 94
Studies in language companion series ; v. 94. 0165-7763
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents 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.
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Subject Typology (Linguistics)
Typology (Linguistics)
Languages in contact.
Languages in contact.
Linguistic change.
Linguistic change.
Creole dialects.
Creole dialects.
Pidgin languages.
Pidgin languages.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Miestamo, Matti, 1972-
Sinnemäki, Kaius.
Karlsson, Fred.
Other Form: Print version: Language complexity. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008 9789027231048 9027231044 (DLC) 2007037811 (OCoLC)173182599
ISBN 9789027291356 (electronic book)
9027291357 (electronic book)
9789027231048 (alkaline paper)
9027231044 (alkaline paper)
1282276956
9781282276956

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