Review text: " ... the book is not to be missed by those who wish to be updated on the latest advancements in the field of reduplication."Haritini Kallergi in: Linguistics 4/2007 "In the indroduction, Bernhard Hurch provides a detailed summary of the articles publishesd in Studi…
The consonant phonotactics of Georgian
The consonant phonotactics of Georgian
Types of reduplication: a case study of Bikol
Types of Reduplication: a Case Study of Bikol
The book systematically discusses the formal and functional properties as well as the rules of the manifold productive reduplication types of Bikol, an Austronesian language of the Philippines. Based on the author''s own fieldwork, this case study demonstrates the highly complex…
Main description: Extra-grammatical morphology is a hitherto neglected area of research, highly marginalised because of its irregularity and unpredictability. Yet many neologisms in English are formed by means of extra-grammatical mechanisms, such as abbreviation, blending and r…