edited by Matti Miestamo, Kaius Sinnemaجˆki, Fred Karlsson
Language complexity :typology, contact, change
Amsterdam ;Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
c2008.
xiv, 356 p. :ill. ;25 cm.
Studies in language companion series,94
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Complexity in linguistic theory, language learning and language change / Wouter Kusters -- 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 Sinnemaجˆki -- 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 : Sirionoجپ as a language without NP coordination / Oجˆsten 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 Lindstroجˆm -- Complexity in nominal plural allomorphy / Antje Dammel & Sebastian Kuجˆrschner -- The simplicity of Creoles in a cross-linguistic perspective / Mikael Parkvall -- Complexity in numeral systems with an investigation into Pidgins and Creoles / Harald Hammarstroجˆm -- Explaining Kabuverdianu nominal plural formation / Angela Bartens & Niclas Sandstroجˆm -- Complexity and simplicity in minimal lexica : the lexicon of Chinook jargon / Paجˆivi Juvonen.