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Are there any references of natural languages lacking morphology in the scientific literature? I suppose there should be, given the topic's importance and the popular opinion on this, but so far all I've found is this (clearly insufficient). This question is related to a previous one

Gaston Ümlaut
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  • A propos the dissertation, why is it clearly insufficient? I assume you have in mind some kind of refereeing criterion (which you should explain). – user6726 Sep 20 '18 at 22:33
  • Insufficient because it's the only one – jaam Sep 20 '18 at 22:55
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    Some languages usually mentioned as more extreme examples of isolating languages are: Classical Chinese, Vietnamese, Yoruba. But none are totally isolating, all have some words which are not monomorphemic. To find works on this topic search for 'morphological typology'. – Gaston Ümlaut Sep 20 '18 at 23:17
  • @GastonÜmlaut "But none are totally isolating..." -- I'm afraid the jury is still out on this. I'd say compound words are permitted in a totally isolating language if they compound roots only – jaam Sep 22 '18 at 21:56

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