The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Typology

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

This book provides a critical state-of-the-art overview of work in linguistic typology. It examines the directions and challenges of current research and shows how these reflect and inform work on the development of linguistic theory. It describes what typologists have revealed about language in general and discovered (and continue to discover) about the richly various ways in which meaning and expression are achieved in the world's languages. Typological research extends across all branches of linguistics. The degree to which the characteristics of language are universal or particular is crucial to the understanding of language and its relation to human nature and culture. This book is an essential source of reference for linguists of all theoretical persuasions. It is a vital companion for all those working in linguistic typology or undertaking linguistic fieldwork on one or more languages.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-11-25
Mått:181 x 253 x 44 mm
Vikt:1 482 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Handbooks
Antal sidor:778
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199281251

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Jung Jae Song is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Otago. His books include Causatives and Causation: A Universal-Typological Perspective, 1996 (Addison Wesley Longman); Case, Typology and Grammar, 1998, co-edited with Anna Siewierska (Benjamins); Linguistic Typology: Morphology and Syntax, 2001 (Pearson); The Korean Language: Structure, Use and Context, 2005 (Routledge); and Frontiers of Korean Language Acquisition, 2006 (Saffron Books). He has held visiting appointments with Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig), and La Trobe University (Melbourne).

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Especially useful for readers who are not themselves engaged in mainstream typology but who wish to follow or catch up on it.

Innehållsförteckning

PART I: FOUNDATIONS: HISTORY, THEORY, AND METHOD; PART II: THEORETICAL DIMENSIONS OF LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY; PART III: EMPIRICAL DIMENSIONS OF LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY; PART IV: LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY IN A WIDER CONTEXT