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2000 International Workshop:


The status of 'Word': its phonological, grammatical, cultural and cognitive basis
7th - 12th August

Following our successful Workshops in 1997 and 1998 we held a Workshop on 'The status of "word": its phonological, grammatical, cultural and cognitive basis' from Monday 7th until Saturday 12th August 2000 at La Trobe University.

A volume called Word: a cross-linguistic typology, edited by Dixon and Aikhenvald, was published by Cambridge University Press in late 2002.

Contents:
1. Word: a typological framework
=== ~ R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
2. Typological parameters for the study of clitics, with special reference to Tariana.
=== ~ Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
3. The word is Cup'ik
=== ~ Anthony C. Woodbury
4. The word in Eastern/Central Arrernte
=== ~ John Henderson
5. The eclectic morphology of Jarawara, and the status of word
=== ~ R.M.W. Dixon
6. Towards a notion of 'word' in sign languages
=== ~ Ulrike Zeshan
7. Synchronic and diachronic perspective on 'word' in Siouan
=== ~ Robert Rankin, John Boyle, Randolph Graczyk and John Koontz
8. What is a word in Dagbani?
=== ~ Knut J. Olawsky
9. The word in Georgian
=== ~ Alice C. Harris
10. The word in Modern Greek
=== ~ Brian Joseph
11. What can we conclude?
=== ~ P.H. Matthews

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