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The phonotactic structure of the morph in Polynesian languages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

Viktor Krupa
Viktor Krupa*
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Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
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Abstract

This paper uses data from eight Polynesian languages to sketch the typological characteristics of this group of related languages by means of statistical methods. In addition to specific problems of Polynesian phonotactics, two points of theoretical interest are discussed. First, an attempt is made to distinguish universal phonotactic features of morph structure from specifically Polynesian ones; and second, similarity sequences checked for statistical significance are suggested as a device leading from the set of similarity coefficients to a reliable typological classification.

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Language , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , September 1971, pp. 668 - 684
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Copyright © 1971 by Linguistic Society of America

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