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200 00$aLanguage complexity $etypology, contact, change /$fedited by Matti Miestamo, Kaius Sinnemaki, Fred Karlsson
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins Pub. Co.$d2007
215   $axiv, 356 p
225 1 $aStudies in language companion series,$x0165-7763 ;$vv. 94
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
311   $a90-272-3104-4 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aComplexity in linguistic theory, language learning and language change / Wouter Kusters -- Grammatical complexity in a cross-linguistic perspective / Matti Miestamo -- Complexity trade-offs between the subsystems of language / Gertraud Fenk-Oczlon & August Fenk -- Complexity trade-offs in core argument marking / Kaius Sinnema?ki -- Assessing linguistic complexity / Patrick Juola -- How complex are isolating languages? / David Gil -- Complexity in isolating languages : lexical elaboration versus grammatical economy / Elizabeth M. Riddle -- Grammatical resources and linguistic complexity : Siriono? as a language without NP coordination / O?sten Dahl -- Why does a language undress? strange cases in Indonesia / John McWhorter -- Morphological complexity as a parameter of linguistic typology : Hungarian as a contact language / Casper de Groot -- Language complexity and interlinguistic difficulty / Eva Lindstro?m -- Complexity in nominal plural allomorphy / Antje Dammel & Sebastian Ku?rschner -- The simplicity of Creoles in a cross-linguistic perspective / Mikael Parkvall -- Complexity in numeral systems with an investigation into Pidgins and Creoles / Harald Hammarstro?m -- Explaining Kabuverdianu nominal plural formation / Angela Bartens & Niclas Sandstro?m -- Complexity and simplicity in minimal lexica : the lexicon of Chinook jargon / Pa?ivi Juvonen.
330   $aI examine the ways the minimal lexicon of a pidgin language, Chinook Jargon, gains maximal efficiency when put into use in a contemporary fictional text. The paper first describes the lexicon used from a structural point of view. It then examines the use of multifunctional lexical items in comparison to English. The results of these studies show, that 1) there is no bound morphology (neither derivational nor inflectional) in the variety studied and, 2) there is much more multifunctionality in the pidgin text than in the English texts. Finally, it is argued that the results show that the lexicon studied can indeed be described as simple and efficient.
410  0$aStudies in language companion series ;$vv. 94.
606   $aTypology (Linguistics)
606   $aLanguages in contact
606   $aLinguistic change
606   $aCreole dialects
606   $aPidgin languages
615  0$aTypology (Linguistics)
615  0$aLanguages in contact.
615  0$aLinguistic change.
615  0$aCreole dialects.
615  0$aPidgin languages.
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