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New challenges in typology : transcending the borders and refining the distinctions /

The volume brings together seventeen chapters by typologists and typologically oriented field linguists who have recently completed their Ph. D. theses. Through their case studies of selected theoretically relevant issues the authors highlight the mutual importance of language description, on the on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Epps, Patience, 1973-, Arkhipov, Alexandre
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2009.
Colección:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 217.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The volume brings together seventeen chapters by typologists and typologically oriented field linguists who have recently completed their Ph. D. theses. Through their case studies of selected theoretically relevant issues the authors highlight the mutual importance of language description, on the one hand, and of cross-linguistically informed theory, on the other. Faced with new data from previously unknown languages and even from lesser-studied varieties of European languages, linguists constantly have to deal with the inadequacy of established concepts and typologies, being pushed to further.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 428 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783110219067
3110219069
9781282188082
1282188089
9786612188084
6612188081
ISSN:1861-4302 ;