Describing Morphosyntax: A Guide for Field Linguists

by Thomas E. Payne

Book Overview

Current estimates are that around 3,000 of the 6,000 languages now spoken may become extinct during the next century. Some 4,000 of these existing languages have never been described, or described only inadequately. This book is a guide for linguistic fieldworkers who wish to write a description of the morphology and syntax of one of these many under-documented languages. It uses examples from many languages both well known and virtually unknown;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521588057
• ISBN13: 9780521588058
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"