From prefixes to suffixes: Typological change in Northern Australia

Diachronica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 289-311

  Harvey, Mark ^a   Green, Ian ^b   Nordlinger, Rachel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian languages; Diachronic morphology; Mirndi languages; Nominal suffixes; Prefixes; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846547628     PISSN: 01764225     EISSN: 15699714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/dia.23.2.04har     Document Type: Article

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