Noun juxtaposition for predication, possession, and conjunction: Beyond ambiguity avoidance
This paper asks whether ambiguity avoidance influences the use of certain linguistic forms, using noun juxtaposition as a case study. Noun juxtaposition is one of the strategies for expressing predication, possession, and conjunction, and is widely used across the world’s languages. Despite its exte...
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University of Bologna
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads |
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| Online Access: | https://typologyatcrossroads.unibo.it/article/view/18271 |
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