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Linguistic Theory and Complex Words

Nuuchahnulth Word Formation

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  1. John Stonham

    1. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • John Stonham
    Pages 1-12

  3. Some Phonological Preliminaries

    • John Stonham
    Pages 13-31

  4. Word Structure and Categories

    • John Stonham
    Pages 32-63

  5. Suffixation

    • John Stonham
    Pages 64-120

  6. Reduplication and Infixation

    • John Stonham
    Pages 121-143

  7. Stratal Segregation in the Nuuchahnulth Lexicon

    • John Stonham
    Pages 144-177

  8. Templatic Morphology

    • John Stonham
    Pages 178-209

  9. Morphosyntax

    • John Stonham
    Pages 210-271

  10. Conclusions

    • John Stonham
    Pages 272-276

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 277-300
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About this book

Nuuchahnulth is known for its striking use of word-formation and complex inflection. This is the first book to provide a detailed description of the complex morphology of the language, based on material gathered when it was more viable than it is now. The description is embedded within a broad-ranging theoretical discussion of interest to all morphologists. It will provide an essential tool for researchers in Nuuchahnulth and related languages, in Wakashan in general and in Native American Studies.

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'...the most complete and detailed picture of the morphology available anywhere, and thus offers much to general typologists...despite the complexity of the subject matter, the prose is consistently clear and the argumentation well reasoned. This book will prove essential to anyone attempting to unravel the many intricacies of word formation in this language. Anyone interested in the topic of polysynthesis cross-linguistically should certainly take stock of the data so expertly accounted for here.' - Edward J. Vajda, Western Washington University, on Linguistlist

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    John Stonham

About the author

JOHN STONHAM is Reader in Linguistics at the University of Newcastle, where he lectures in Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology. His previous books include Combinatorial Morphology (1994) and Aspects of Tsishaath Nootka Phonetics and Phonology (1999).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Linguistic Theory and Complex Words

  • Book Subtitle: Nuuchahnulth Word Formation

  • Authors: John Stonham

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230505551

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: John Stonham 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-0348-8Published: 21 September 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-50878-5Published: 21 September 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50555-1Published: 21 September 2004

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 300

  • Topics: Grammar

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