Overabundance is defined as the situation in which two (or more) inflectional forms are
available to realize the same cell in an inflectional paradigm. The paper presents a general …

A key notion in understanding language is' possible word (lexeme)'. While there are
lexemes that are internally homogeneous and externally consistent, we find others with …

Linguistics, and typology in particular, can have a bright future. We justify this optimism by
discussing comparability from two angles. First, we take the opportunity presented by this …

Debate over whether phonaesthemes are part of morphology has been long and
inconclusive. We contend that this is because the properties that characterise individual …

The purpose of this chapter is to show that the model of Functional Discourse Grammar can
be used to provide a detailed classification of expressions of negation by taking its …

Multiple exponence is the multiple marking of the same feature or category within a single
word. Distributed exponence is the occurrence of morphological structure such that …

In recent years, a growing number of linguists have reported constructions that fulfil all or
most criteria for being called a passive but one: morphological or periphrastic marking in the …

Categorization retains its key importance in research on human cognition. It is an intellectual
area where all disciplines devoted to human cognition–psychology, philosophy …

This dissertation examines systematic sound-meaning correspondences in sound-symbolic
words from a cross-linguistic perspective, investigating whether and to what degree they are …

Cross-linguistically, reduplication associated with iconic readings, such as plurality, iteration,
and continuation, is prevalent in ideophones. However, not all reduplicative processes in …