This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of work on linguistic typology, its history, its methodology, theoretical foundations and major achievements. It examines the directions of current research and shows how these reflect and inform work on linguistic theory.
This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of work on linguistic typology, its history, its methodology, theoretical foundations and major achieve...
This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of work on linguistic typology, its history, its methodology, theoretical foundations and major achievements. It shows how the directions of current research reflect and inform work on linguistic theory.
This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of work on linguistic typology, its history, its methodology, theoretical foundations and major achieve...
Typology lies at the centre of scientific research on language because it directly addresses the question which many consider to be the most important in the field: why and how are all languages similar and why and how do they differ from each other? There is growing body of evidence that the constraints on variation found in the languages of the world, i.e. the degree to which the grammatical properties are universal or language-specific, are not random: they follow certain predictable patterns which require explanation. Explanatory principles are typically derived from more general...
Typology lies at the centre of scientific research on language because it directly addresses the question which many consider to be the most important...
This volume presents an overview of the field of linguistic typology, its history, methodology, theoretical foundations and achievements. It focuses on the major directions of typological research and demonstrates how they reflect and inform the study of language as an academic enterprise.
This volume presents an overview of the field of linguistic typology, its history, methodology, theoretical foundations and achievements. It focuses o...
