Research Catalog

Title

Linguistic theory and complex words : Nuuchahnulth word formation / John Stonham.

Author

Stonham, John T.

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

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Details

Description

xiii, 300 p. : ill., 1 map; 23 cm.

Summary

"John Stonham introduces new data from the morphology of the Nuuchahnulth language of Vancouver Island, Canada. It is the first such study of any language within the Wakashan family and will prove an important tool for researchers in Native American languages and to theoretical linguists interested in the numerous complex morphological phenomena encountered in this language family. Notorious for its extremely complex morphological structure, Nuuchahnulth provides instances of a number of important theoretical issues which have arisen recently in morphological theory."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Nuu-chah-nulth language > Word formation
• Nuu-chah-nulth language > Morphology
• Wakashan languages > Morphology
• Grammar, Comparative and general > Word formation
• Grammar, Comparative and general > Morphology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-292) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Some phonological preliminaries -- 3. Word structure and categories -- 4. Suffixation -- 5. Reduplication and infixation -- 6. Stratal segregation in the Nuuchahnulth lexicon -- 7. Templatic morphology -- 8. Morphosyntax -- 9. Conclusion

ISBN

1403903484 (cloth)

LCCN

^^2004053934

OCLC

• 55644946
• SCSB-10081959

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library