Polysynthetic language

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Polysynthetic language is a traditional term for languages or morphological systems which permit processes such as noun incorporation. Hence a polysynthetic language is a language in which a single word can encode a meaning which would require a fairly elaborate sentence in many other languages.

See also

• Association for Linguistic Typology

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

Spencer, A. 1991. Morphological Theory. Blackwell: Oxford.

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