| The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Typology Contributor(s): Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (Editor), Dixon, R. M. W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1107091950 ISBN-13: 9781107091955 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $177.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 410.1 |
| LCCN: 2016014769 |
| Series: Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 1.92" H x 7.37" W x 10.12" (4.73 lbs) 1026 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Linguistic typology identifies both how languages vary and what they all have in common. This Handbook provides a state-of-the art survey of the aims and methods of linguistic typology, and the conclusions we can draw from them. Part I covers phonological typology, morphological typology, sociolinguistic typology and the relationships between typology, historical linguistics and grammaticalization. It also addresses typological features of mixed languages, creole languages, sign languages and secret languages. Part II features contributions on the typology of morphological processes, noun categorization devices, negation, frustrative modality, logophoricity, switch reference and motion events. Finally, Part III focuses on typological profiles of the mainland South Asia area, Australia, Quechuan and Aymaran, Eskimo-Aleut, Iroquoian, the Kampa subgroup of Arawak, Omotic, Semitic, Dravidian, the Oceanic subgroup of Austronesian and the Awuyu-Ndumut family (in West Papua). Uniting the expertise of a stellar selection of scholars, this Handbook highlights linguistic typology as a major discipline within the field of linguistics. |
Contributor Bio(s): Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.: - Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald is Australian Laureate Fellow, Distinguished Professor, and Director of the Language and Culture Research Centre, James Cook University, North Queensland. She is an expert on languages and cultures of Amazonia and the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, in addition to linguistic typology, general linguistics and several other areas.Dixon, R. M. W.: - R. M. W. Dixon is Professor and Deputy Director of the Language and Culture Research Centre at James Cook University, North Queensland and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has published grammars of a number of Australian languages. |