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This book promotes the development of linguistic databases by describing a number of successful database projects, focusing especially on cross-linguistic and typological research. It has become increasingly clear that ready access to knowledge about cross-linguistic variation is of great value to many types of linguistic research. Such a systematic body of data is essential in order to gain a proper understanding of what is truly universal in language and what is determined by specific cultural settings. Moreover, it is increasingly needed as a tool to systematically evaluate contrasting...

An invaluable reference tool for students and researchers in theoretical linguistics, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Syntax has been revised and expanded to incorporate the last 10 years of syntactic research. As with the first edition, which was hailed for the breadth and depth of its coverage, this edition charts the development and historiography of syntactic theory with coverage of a large number of subdomains of syntax. It contains over 120 chapters that explain, analyze, and contextualize important empirical studies within syntax over the last 50 years. Under the editorship...