A Natural History of Infixation
Download or Read eBook A Natural History of Infixation PDF written by Alan C. L. Yu and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-07-05 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Alan C. L. Yu |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2007-07-05 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199279388 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199279381 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Natural History of Infixation by : Alan C. L. Yu
Book excerpt: The first cross-linguistic study of infixation 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. It examines 154 infixation patterns from over a hundred languages, compares their formal properties and explores their diachronic origins. The book will interest phonologists, morphologists, typologists, and historical linguists of all theoretical persuasions.
