Harvard: Mithun, M. 1984, "The Evolution of Noun Incorporation", in Language, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 847--894. Linguistic Society of America.APA: Mithun, M. (1984). The Evolution of Noun Incorporation. Language, 60 (4) , 847--894. Linguistic Society of America.Chicago: Mithun, Marianne. 1984. "The Evolution of Noun Incorporation." In Language, 60 , no. 4: 847--894. Linguistic Society of America.MLA: Mithun, Marianne. "The Evolution of Noun Incorporation." Language. 60.4 (1984): 847--894.Citation within the text: (Mithun 1984)Zotero: Save reference in ZoteroBibTeX:
@article{mithun1984evolution,
source = {jstor},
ISSN = {0097-8507},
abstract = {Noun incorporation is perhaps the most nearly syntactic of all morphological processes. Examination of the phenomenon across a large number of geographically and genetically diverse languages indicates that, where syntax and morphology diverge, incorporation is a solidly morphological device that derives lexical items, not sentences. It is used for four different but related purposes; these fall into an implicational hierarchy which in turn suggests a path along which incorporation develops historically. Differences in its productivity from language to language show that this development may be arrested at any point-resulting either in the eventual disappearance of the process, or in its resurgence as a productive system of affixation.},
author = {Mithun, Marianne},
copyright = {Copyright 1984 Linguistic Society of America},
journal = {Language},
jstor_articletype = {Full Length Article},
jstor_date = {198412},
jstor_formatteddate = {Dec., 1984},
month = {dec},
number = {4},
pages = {847--894},
publisher = {Linguistic Society of America},
title = {The Evolution of Noun Incorporation},
url = {http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0097-8507%28198412%2960%3A4%3C847%3ATEONI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T},
volume = {60},
year = {1984},
}