Monday, May 25, 2009

linguistic typology and sinospheric languages

elizabeth riddle and herbert stahlke

Why are West African and SE Asian languages so similar?

Overspecifying languages: subordination, polysyllabic words, derivational affixes, high degree of inflection

Underspecifying languages: juxtaposition, monosyllabic words, compounding, no inflection, verb classes blend together

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