'The book will be an invaluable resource for scholars of linguistic typology and of morphology and phonology.' Folia Linguistica '... every chapter is written in a very clear style [and] the book can be used by a wide range of readers ...' Journal of Phonology '... raises a whole range of fundamental questions ...' Journal of Linguistics ' ... this book provides stimulating information on word types in a number of different languages, including several found outside of Indo-european, and therefore should be included in any cross-linguistic survey of word types.' Linguistische Berichte