Language complexity : typology, contact, change /

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I examine the ways the minimal lexicon of a pidgin language, Chinook Jargon, gains maximal efficiency when put into use in a contemporary fictional text. The paper first describes the lexicon used from a structural point of view. It then examines the use of multifunctional lexical items in compariso...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Miestamo, Matti, 1972-, Sinnemäki, Kaius, Karlsson, Fred
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008.
Colección:Studies in language companion series ; v. 94.
Temas:
Typology (Linguistics)
Languages in contact.
Linguistic change.
Creole dialects.
Pidgin languages.
Typologie (Linguistique)
Langues en contact.
Changement linguistique.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Creole dialects
Languages in contact
Linguistic change
Pidgin languages
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
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  • 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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