A natural history of infixation /

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This book presents the first cross-linguistic study of the phenomenon of infixation, typically associated in English with words like ""im-bloody-possible"", and found in all the world's major linguistic families. Infixation is a central puzzle in prosodic morphology: Profess...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Yu, Alan C. L.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Zusammenfassung:
This book presents the first cross-linguistic study of the phenomenon of infixation, typically associated in English with words like ""im-bloody-possible"", and found in all the world's major linguistic families. Infixation is a central puzzle in prosodic morphology: Professor Yu explores its prosodic, phonological, and morphological characteristics, considers its diverse functions, and formulates a general theory to explain the rules and constraints by which it is governed. Heexamines 154 infixation patterns from over a hundred languages, including examples from Asia, Europe, Africa, New Guin
Umfang:
1 online resource (278 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-254) and indexes.
ISBN:
0-19-927939-X
1-281-16484-4
0-19-153544-3
1-4356-2380-0
9786611164843
Schlagworte:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Infixes.
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