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The Complexities of Morphology

Peter (Senior Researcher, Institute of Slavic Studies, Senior Researcher, Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences) Arkadiev & Francesco (Professor of Romance Linguistics, Professor of Romance Linguistics, University of Zurich) Gardani

The Complexities of Morphology

The Complexities of Morphology

The Complexities of Morphology

 

This volume explores the multiple aspects of morphological complexity, offering typological, acquisitional, sociolinguistic, and diachronic perspectives. The analyses are based on rich empirical data from a wide range of languages, as well as experimental data from artificial language learning.


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Beschrijving The Complexities of Morphology

This volume explores the multiple aspects of morphological complexity, investigating primarily whether certain aspects of morphology can be considered more complex than others, and how that complexity can be measured. The book opens with a detailed introduction from the editors that critically assesses the foundational assumptions that inform contemporary approaches to morphological complexity. In the chapters that follow, the volume's expert contributors approach the topic from typological, acquisitional, sociolinguistic, and diachronic perspectives; the concluding chapter offers an overview of these various approaches, with a focus on the minimum description length principle. The analyses are based on rich empirical data from both well-known languages such as Russian and lesser-studied languages from Africa, Australia, and the Americas, as well as experimental data from artificial language learning.


ISBN
9780198861287
Pagina's
412
Verschenen
NUR
610
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP Oxford

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