Flexible Word Classes: Typological Studies of Underspecified Parts of Speech

By Eva Van Lier

This is a major cross-linguistic study of 'flexible words', i.e. words that cannot be classified in terms of the traditional lexical categories verb, noun, adjective or adverb. It includes new cross-linguistic studies of word class systems as well as original descriptive and theoretical contributions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199668442
• ISBN13: 9780199668441
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"