Linguistic complexity is one of the currently most hotly debated notions in linguistics. The essays in this volume reflect the intricacies of thinking about the

This book studies linguistic complexity and the processes by which it arises and is maintained, focusing not so much on what one can say in a language as how it

Language complexity has recently attracted considerable attention from linguists of many different persuasions. This volume – a thematic selection of papers fr

The many facets of grammatical gender remain one of the most fruitful areas of linguistic research, and pose fascinating questions about the origins and develop