Language Typology And Language Universals

Author : Martin Haspelmath,Ekkehard König,Wulf Oesterreicher,Wolfgang Raible
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1013 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110194265

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Language Typology and Language Universals 2.Teilband by Martin Haspelmath,Ekkehard König,Wulf Oesterreicher,Wolfgang Raible Pdf

This handbook provides a comprehensive and thorough survey of our current insights into the diversity and unity found across the 6000 languages of this planet. The 125 articles include inter alia chapters on the patterns and limits of variation manifested by analogous structures, constructions and linguistic devices across languages (e.g. word order, tense and aspect, inflection, color terms and syllable structure). Other chapters cover the history, methodology and the theory of typology, as well as the relationship between language typology and other disciplines. The authors of the individual sections and chapters are for the most part internationally known experts on the relevant topics. The vast majority of the articles are written in English, some in French or German. The handbook is not only intended for the expert in the fields of typology and language universals, but for all of those interested in linguistics. It is specifically addressed to all those who specialize in individual languages, providing basic orientation for their analysis and placing each language within the space of what is possible and common in the languages of the world.

Author : Bernard Comrie
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1989-07-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0226114333

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Language Universals and Linguistic Typology by Bernard Comrie Pdf

Here, Comrie (linguistics, U. of Southern Cal.) is particularly concerned with syntactico-semantic universals, devoting chapters to word order, case marking, relative clauses, and causative constructions. This second edition takes full account of new research into generative grammatical theory. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Martin Haspelmath
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 873 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110114232

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Language Typology and Language Universals by Martin Haspelmath Pdf

This series of HANDBOOKS OF LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCE is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction. For "classic" linguistics there appears to be a need for a review of the state of the art which will provide a reference base for the rapid advances in research undertaken from a variety of theoretical standpoints, while in the more recent branches of communication science the handbooks will give researchers both an verview and orientation. To attain these objectives, the series will aim for a standard comparable to that of the leading handbooks in other disciplines, and to this end will strive for comprehensiveness, theoretical explicitness, reliable documentation of data and findings, and up-to-date methodology. The editors, both of the series and of the individual volumes, and the individual contributors, are committed to this aim. The languages of publication are English, German, and French. The main aim of the series is to provide an appropriate account of the state of the art in the various areas of linguistics and communication science covered by each of the various handbooks; however no inflexible pre-set limits will be imposed on the scope of each volume. The series is open-ended, and can thus take account of further developments in the field. This conception, coupled with the necessity of allowing adequate time for each volume to be prepared with the necessary care, means that there is no set time-table for the publication of the whole series. Each volume will be a self-contained work, complete in itself. The order in which the handbooks are published does not imply any rank ordering, but is determined by the way in which the series is organized; the editor of the whole series enlist a competent editor for each individual volume. Once the principal editor for a volume has been found, he or she then has a completely free hand in the choice of co-editors and contributors. The editors plan each volume independently of the others, being governed only by general formal principles. The series editor only intervene where questions of delineation between individual volumes are concerned. It is felt that this (modus operandi) is best suited to achieving the objectives of the series, namely to give a competent account of the present state of knowledge and of the perception of the problems in the area covered by each volume.

Author : Haspelmath Martin
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110194036

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Language Typology and Language Universals / Sprachtypologie und sprachliche Universalien / La typologie des langues et les universaux linguistiques. 1. Halbband by Haspelmath Martin Pdf

This handbook provides a comprehensive and thorough survey of our current insights into the diversity and unity found across the 6000 languages of this planet. The 125 articles include inter alia chapters on the patterns and limits of variation manifested by analogous structures, constructions and linguistic devices across languages (e.g. word order, tense and aspect, inflection, color terms and syllable structure). Other chapters cover the history, methodology and the theory of typology, as well as the relationship between language typology and other disciplines. The authors of the individual sections and chapters are for the most part internationally known experts on the relevant topics. The vast majority of the articles are written in English, some in French or German. The handbook is not only intended for the expert in the fields of typology and language universals, but for all of those interested in linguistics. It is specifically addressed to all those who specialize in individual languages, providing basic orientation for their analysis and placing each language within the space of what is possible and common in the languages of the world.

Author : William Croft
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521004993

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Typology and Universals by William Croft Pdf

A thorough rewriting to reflect advances in typology and universals in the past decade.

Author : Masayoshi Shibatani,Theodora Bynon
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198238665

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Approaches to Language Typology by Masayoshi Shibatani,Theodora Bynon Pdf

Language typology is concerned with the construction of theoretical frameworks capable of delimiting the range of human languages and of capturing constraints on cross-linguistic variation. This text offers accounts of the theoretical foundations and findings of leading scholars in this field.

Author : Wendy Sandler,Diane Carolyn Lillo-Martin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521483956

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Sign Language and Linguistic Universals by Wendy Sandler,Diane Carolyn Lillo-Martin Pdf

Sign languages are of great interest to linguists, because while they are the product of the same brain, their physical transmission differs greatly from that of spoken languages. In this pioneering and original study, Wendy Sandler and Diane Lillo-Martin compare sign languages with spoken languages, in order to seek the universal properties they share. Drawing on general linguistic theory, they describe and analyze sign language structure, showing linguistic universals in the phonology, morphology, and syntax of sign language, while also revealing non-universal aspects of its structure that must be attributed to its physical transmission system. No prior background in sign language linguistics is assumed, and numerous pictures are provided to make descriptions of signs and facial expressions accessible to readers. Engaging and informative, Sign Language and Linguistic Universals will be invaluable to linguists, psychologists, and all those interested in sign languages, linguistic theory and the universal properties of human languages.

Author : William E. Rutherford
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027228697

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Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition by William E. Rutherford Pdf

This volume consists of papers presented at the Conference on Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition, University of Southern California, February 1982. Published with the papers are the remarks of the originally assigned discussants. The collection represents an important cross-fertilization between research in grammatical theory and in second language acquisition. Topics dealt with in a number of the papers include word order, markedness, core grammar, accessability hierarchies, and simplified registers. The range of universals discussed embraces phonology, syntax, semantics, and discourse. Universals are also considered with reference to ontology, psychological reality, and evaluation metrics.

Author : Bianca Stärk
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640673186

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Defining Language Universals by Bianca Stärk Pdf

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Linguistik, Note: 2,8, Universit t zu K ln (Anglistisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Morphosyntax English - German, 5 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Language is something uniquely human. Bertrand Russell stated in 1948 that "A dog cannot relate his autobiography; however eloquently he may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were honest though poor" (Whaley 1997: 4). Language ist not only unique to humans and diverse but there are also commonalities between languages. About five thousand languages are spoken in the world today but there still is a basic unity that undelies their diversities. Many of the world's languages show similar principles. An example of such a similaritiy is word order. In some languages such as English, French and Italian the word order is subject, verb and object. This is the so called SOV order. Besides similarities like this, there also exist features between some languages, which are common to all human languages in the world and are called language universals. These language universals classify entire languages into categories which are then based on shared properties. Language universals are examined within the field of typology. Typology has the task of examining cross-linguistic patterns. This means that "all typological research is based on comparisons between languages" (Whaley 1997: 7). Through comparing different languages with each other, one necessarily comes into contact with universals, which hold true for a group of languages or even for all languages. This is how language universals are placed within the field of typology.

Author : Sergio Scalise,Elisabetta Magni,Antonietta Bisetto
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781402088254

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Universals of Language Today by Sergio Scalise,Elisabetta Magni,Antonietta Bisetto Pdf

This book collects the contributions presented at the international congress held at the University of Bologna in January 2007, where leading scholars of different persuasions and interests offered an up-to-date overview of the current status of the research on linguistic universals. The papers that make up the volume deal with both theoretical and empirical issues, and range over various domains, covering not only morphology and syntax, which were the major focus of Greenberg’s seminal work, but also phonology and semantics, as well as diachrony and second language acquisition. Diverse perspectives illustrate and discuss a huge number of phenomena from a wide variety of languages, not only exploring the way research on universals - tersects with different subareas of linguistics, but also contributing to the ongoing debate between functional and formal approaches to explaining the universals of language. This stimulating reading for scientists, researchers and postgraduate students in linguistics shows how different, but not irreconcilable, modes of explanation can complement each other, both offering fresh insights into the investigation of unity and diversity in languages, and pointing to exciting areas for future research. • A fresh and up-to-date survey of the present state of research on Universals of Language in an international context, with original contributions from leading specialists in the eld. • First-hand accounts of substantive ndings and theoretical observations in diff- ent subareas of linguistics. • Huge number of linguistic phenomena and data from diffferent languages a- lyzed and discussed in detail.

Author : Lindsay J. Whaley
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780803959637

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Introduction to Typology by Lindsay J. Whaley Pdf

An overview of the major grammatical categories and constructions in the world's languages, Introduction to Typologyprovides a thorough and comprehensive coverage of typology in the areas of morphology and syntax, while underscoring the similarities and differences that underlie the vast array of human languages. Pedagogically sound, this introductory text includes a glossary and highlights and defines each new term as it appears. Each chapter concludes with a summary of new terminology and concepts as well as a list of additional, related readings. Introduction to Typology assumes neither prior knowledge of typology nor extensive background in linguistics, making it useful as a primary or supplementary text for a variety of courses, particularly those dealing with grammatical structure and linguistic universals.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Lexicology
ISBN : 3110171546

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Lexicology by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bernard Comrie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:953674705

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Language Universals and Linguistic Typology by Bernard Comrie Pdf

Author : Karsten Schmidtke-Bode,Natalia Levshina,Susanne Maria Michaelis ,Ilja A. Seržant
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961101474

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Explanation in typology by Karsten Schmidtke-Bode,Natalia Levshina,Susanne Maria Michaelis ,Ilja A. Seržant Pdf

This volume provides an up-to-date discussion of a foundational issue that has recently taken centre stage in linguistic typology and which is relevant to the language sciences more generally: To what extent can cross-linguistic generalizations, i.e. statistical universals of linguistic structure, be explained by the diachronic sources of these structures? Everyone agrees that typological distributions are the result of complex histories, as “languages evolve into the variation states to which synchronic universals pertain” (Hawkins 1988). However, an increasingly popular line of argumentation holds that many, perhaps most, typological regularities are long-term reflections of their diachronic sources, rather than being ‘target-driven’ by overarching functional-adaptive motivations. On this view, recurrent pathways of reanalysis and grammaticalization can lead to uniform synchronic results, obviating the need to postulate global forces like ambiguity avoidance, processing efficiency or iconicity, especially if there is no evidence for such motivations in the genesis of the respective constructions. On the other hand, the recent typological literature is equally ripe with talk of "complex adaptive systems", "attractor states" and "cross-linguistic convergence". One may wonder, therefore, how much room is left for traditional functional-adaptive forces and how exactly they influence the diachronic trajectories that shape universal distributions. The papers in the present volume are intended to provide an accessible introduction to this debate. Covering theoretical, methodological and empirical facets of the issue at hand, they represent current ways of thinking about the role of diachronic sources in explaining grammatical universals, articulated by seasoned and budding linguists alike.

Author : Petra M. Vogel,Bernard Comrie
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110806120

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Approaches to the Typology of Word Classes by Petra M. Vogel,Bernard Comrie Pdf

The series is a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. General problems are studied from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Conclusions are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. Special emphasis is given to little-known languages, whose analysis may shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics.