Introduction published in:
Lexical flexibility in Oceanic languages
Edited by Eva van Lier
[Studies in Language 41:2] 2017
► pp. 241–254

Introduction

Lexical flexibility in Oceanic languages

| University of Amsterdam
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Lexical flexibility: General terminological and theoretical issues
    • 2.1Definitions – categorial flexibility and multifunctionality
    • 2.2Lexical flexibility and cross-linguistic comparison
    • 2.3The semantics of lexical flexibility: Compositionality and other criteria
    • 2.4Flexibility of function words
    • 2.5Summary
  • 3.Lexical flexibility in Oceanic languages
    • Overview of contributions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 05 October 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.41.2.01van
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