Borrowed Morphology

Borrowed Morphology
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9781501500374
ISBN-13 : 1501500376
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Book Synopsis Borrowed Morphology by : Francesco Gardani

Download or read book Borrowed Morphology written by Francesco Gardani and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By integrating novel developments in both contact linguistics and morphological theory, this volume pursues the topic of borrowed morphology by recourse to sophisticated theoretical and methodological accounts. The authors address fundamental issues, such as the alleged universal dispreference for morphological borrowing and its effects on morphosyntactic complexity, and corroborate their analyses with strong cross-linguistic evidence.


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