This book studies linguistic complexity and the processes by which it arises and is maintained, focusing not so much on what one can say in a language as how it

Linguistic complexity is one of the currently most hotly debated notions in linguistics. The essays in this volume reflect the intricacies of thinking about the

Language complexity has recently attracted considerable attention from linguists of many different persuasions. This volume – a thematic selection of papers f

This fascinating book challenges the idea that languages are equally complex. Eighteen scholars look at evidence from a wide range of times and places. They con