Noun phrase complexity and contiguity in a Papuan language

This article considers NP complexity and discontinuity in the Papuan language Coastal Marind. First, I give an overview of NP structure in the language, which is characterized by extremely limited possibility of elaboration and modification. I connect this to the observation that Papuan languages ar...

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Main Author: Olsson Bruno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2022-05-01
Series:Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2020-0134