Word

R. M. W. Dixon is Director and Associate Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University. Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald is Director and Associate Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University.

'The book will be an invaluable resource for scholars of linguistic typology and of morphology and phonology.' Folia Linguistica

• List of contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Word: a typological framework R. M. W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald; 2. Typological parameters for the study of clitics, with special reference to Tariana Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald; 3. The word in Cup'ik Anthony C. Woodbury; 4. The word in Eastern/Central Arrernte John Henderson; 5. The eclectic morphology of Jarawara, and the status of word R. M. W. Dixon; 6. Towards a notion of 'word' in sign languages Ulrike Zeshan; 7. Synchronic and diachronic perspective on 'word' in Siouan Robert Rankin, John Boyle, Randolph Graczyk and John Koontz; 8. What is a word in Dagbani Knut J. Olawksy; 9. The word in Georgian Alice C. Harris; 10. The word in Modern Greek Brian Joseph; 11. What can we conclude? P. H. Matthews; Index of authors; Index of languages and language families; Index of subjects.