Language complexity
Subtitle: typology, contact, change
By: edited by Matti Miestamo, Kaius Sinnemäki, Fred Karlsson.
Contributors: Miestamo, Matti, 1972-; Sinnemäki, Kaius.; Karlsson, Fred.
Series: Studies in language companion series -- v. 94
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9789027231048
Subjects: Typology (Linguistics); Languages in contact; Linguistic change; Creole dialects; Pidgin languages
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Complexity in linguistic theory, language learning and language change / Wouter Kusters; title: Grammatical complexity in a cross-linguistic perspective / Matti Miestamo; title: Complexity trade-offs between the subsystems of language / Gertraud Fenk-Oczlon & August Fenk; title: Complexity trade-offs in core argument marking / Kaius Sinnemäki; title: Assessing linguistic complexity / Patrick Juola; title: How complex are isolating languages? / David Gil; title: Complexity in isolating languages : lexical elaboration versus grammatical economy / Elizabeth M. Riddle; title: Grammatical resources and linguistic complexity : Sirionó as a language without NP coordination / Östen Dahl; title: Why does a language undress? strange cases in Indonesia / John McWhorter; title: Morphological complexity as a parameter of linguistic typology : Hungarian as a contact language / Casper de Groot; title: Language complexity and interlinguistic difficulty / Eva Lindström; title: Complexity in nominal plural allomorphy / Antje Dammel & Sebastian Kürschner; title: The simplicity of Creoles in a cross-linguistic perspective / Mikael Parkvall; title: Complexity in numeral systems with an investigation into Pidgins and Creoles / Harald Hammarström; title: Explaining Kabuverdianu nominal plural formation / Angela Bartens & Niclas Sandström; title: Complexity and simplicity in minimal lexica : the lexicon of Chinook jargon / Päivi Juvonen.