Noun phrase complexity and contiguity in a Papuan language

This article considers NP complexity and discontinuity in the Papuan language Coastal Marind. First, I give an overview of NP structure in the language, which is characterized by extremely limited possibility of elaboration and modification. I connect this to the observation that Papuan languages ar...

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Published in:	Linguistics
Main Author:	Olsson Bruno
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	De Gruyter 2022-05-01
Subjects:	coastal marind information structure noun phrases papuan languages syntax
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2020-0134