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The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Typology

By Jae Jung Song

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
0199281254, 9780199281251
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6049521 bytes)
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Pages
704\687
Scanned
no
Time added
2014-08-31 22:53:18
Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Типология и сопост

Description

This handbook 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.

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