A Natural History of Infixation

by Alan S.L. Yu

This book presents the first cross-linguistic study of the phenomenon of infixation, typically associated in English with words like "im-bloody-possible", and found in all the world's major linguistic families. Infixation is a central puzzle in prosodic morphology: Professor Yu explores its prosodic, phonological, and morphological characteristics, considers its diverse functions, and formulates a general theory to explain the rules and constraints...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199279381
• ISBN13: 9780199279388
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"