| Description |
1 online resource (409 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Empirical approaches to language typology, 0933-761X ; 41 |
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Empirical approaches to language typology ; 41
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| Contents |
Frontmatter; Contents; Introduction; Designing linguistic databases: A primer for linguists; A typological database of personal and demonstrative pronouns; Databases designed for investigating specific phenomena; How to integrate databases without starting a typology war: The Typological Database System; A contribution to 'two-dimensional' language description: the Typological Database of Intensifiers and Reflexives; StressTyp: A database for word accentual patterns in the world's languages; The typological database of the World Atlas of Language Structures |
| Summary |
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 theo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Linguistics -- Databases
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Typology (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
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Linguistics
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Typology (Linguistics)
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| Genre/Form |
Databases
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Everaert, Martin.
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Musgrave, Simon, 1959-
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Dimitriadis, Alexis, 1963-
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| ISBN |
9783110198744 |
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3110198746 |
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1282425714 |
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9781282425712 |
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