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Positional Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

Joseph E. Grimes
Joseph E. Grimes*
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Summer Institute of Linguistics
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Abstract

A method is described which allows us to plot, easily and rapidly, the positional relations among linguistic elements which have fixed order relative to each other (such as affixes). The relationship of this method to connectivity matrices is dicussed, as well as the relation to Nida's and Hays's methods of positional analysis.

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 43 , Issue 2-Part1 , June 1967 , pp. 437 - 444
Copyright
Copyright © 1967 by Linguistic Society of America

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