Paradigms: The Economy of Inflection

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Paradigms

The Economy of Inflection

Edited by: Frans Plank

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1991

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Volume 9 | Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Of abundance and scantiness in inflection: A typological prelude Frans Plank Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Form and function in identifying cases Bernard Comrie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	41
Paradigm size, possible syncretism, and the use of adpositions with cases in flective languages Silvia Luraghi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	57
Pragmatic disguise in pronominal-affix paradigms Jeffrey Heath Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
Geometric representation of paradigms in a modular theory of grammar Katherine McCreight and Catherine V. Chvany Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
Systematic versus accidental phonological identity Arnold M. Zwicky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
Syncretism and the paradigmatic patterning of grammatical meaning Jadranka Gvozdanović Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
Rasmus Rask’s dilemma Frans Plank Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	161
The assessment of paradigm stability: Some Indo-European case studies Robert Coleman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	197
Inflection classes: Two questions with one answer Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	213
Organising principles for nominal paradigms in Daghestanian languages: Comparative and typological observations Aleksandr E. Kibrik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
The geometry of verb paradigms in Teso-Turkana Gerrit J. Dimmendaal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	275
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	307
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	311
Language Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	315
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	318

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April 20, 2011

eBook ISBN:

9783110889109

Hardcover published on:

October 1, 1991

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110127614

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Reprint 2010

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317

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110889109

eBook ISBN: 9783110889109

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110127614

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Paradigma; Flexion; Kongress; Freiburg

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