Description |
1 online resource (409 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Empirical approaches to language typology,
0933-761X ;
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Empirical approaches to language typology ; 41.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Linguistics -- Databases.
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Linguistics. |
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Databases. |
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Typology (Linguistics)
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Typology (Linguistics) |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Databases.
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Added Author |
Everaert, Martin.
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Musgrave, Simon, 1959-
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Dimitriadis, Alexis, 1963-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Use of databases in cross-linguistic studies. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2009 9783110193084 3110193086 (DLC) 2009004481 (OCoLC)300983874 |
ISBN |
9783110198744 (electronic book) |
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3110198746 (electronic book) |
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1282425714 |
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9781282425712 |
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9783110193084 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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3110193086 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
9786612425714 |
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