Date: 17-May-2007 From: Jenny Breaker <jenny.breakeroup.com> Subject: A Natural History of Infixation: Yu
Title: A Natural History of Infixation
Series Title: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
Published: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Author: Alan C. L. Yu
Hardback: ISBN: Pages: 280 Price: U.K. £ 60.00
Paperback: ISBN: Pages: 280 Price: U.K. £ 21.99
Abstract:
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.
Linguistic Field(s):
Historical Linguistics
Morphology
Phonology
Typology