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dc.contributor.authorUrban, Matthias
dc.contributor.editorKoptjevskaja-Tamm, Maria
dc.contributor.editorJuvonen, Päivi
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-07 16:47:06
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T09:26:10Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-20 23:55
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-07 16:47:06
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T09:26:10Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T09:26:10Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier1006452
dc.identifierOCN: 1135847837en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23692
dc.description.abstractThis article tackles a question raised by one of the founding figures of lexical typology, Stephen Ullmann: to what degree do languages differ in the extent to which they resort to morphologically analyzable lexical items? Drawing on a worldwide sample of 78 languages for which a standard set of 160 mostly nominal meanings is investigated, the article demonstrates that variability in this area is indeed profound. Correlations between the relative prevalence of analyzable items in a language with the size of its consonant inventory, the complexity of its syllable structure, and the length of its nominal roots suggest that, typologically, languages with a simple phonological structure are those in which analyzability in the lexicon is most profound. Possible explanations for this observation in terms of the avoidance of homonymy and pressure exerted by different linguistic subsystems on each other are discussed.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguisticsen_US
dc.subject.otherLexicography
dc.subject.otherTypology
dc.subject.otherCross-Linguistic Comparison
dc.titleChapter 17 Motivation by formally analyzable terms in a typological perspective
dc.title.alternativeAn assessment of the variation and steps towards explanation
dc.typechapter
oapen.identifier.doi10.1515/9783110377675-017
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy2b386f62-fc18-4108-bcf1-ade3ed4cf2f3
oapen.relation.isPartOfBook3560bfe7-5234-4f75-a94c-a1ec8a6f809f
oapen.relation.isFundedBy7292b17b-f01a-4016-94d3-d7fb5ef9fb79
oapen.relation.isbn9783110610673; 9783110393064
oapen.collectionEuropean Research Council (ERC)
oapen.place.publicationBerlin/Boston
oapen.grant.number295918
oapen.grant.acronymMESANDLIN(G)K
oapen.identifier.ocn1135847837


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