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The Handbook of Linguistics.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicester :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2015.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Handbook of Linguistics; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; List of Abbreviations; Part I: Starting Points; 1: Origins of Language; 1 Introduction; 2 Evidence from Anthropology and Archeology; 3 Genetic Evidence; 4 Primatological Evidence; 4.1 Vocal Call Systems; 4.2 Cognitive Abilities; 4.3 Sign Language Experiments; 5 Neurobiological Evidence; 6 Linguistic Evidence; 6.1 Protolanguage and "True" Language; 6.2 Actual Grammar Versus Conceivable Grammars; 7 Conclusion; 2: Languages of the World; 1 Introduction.
- 2 Languages of Europe and Northern Asia2.1 Indo-European Languages; 2.2 Uralic Languages; 2.3 Altaic Families; 2.4 Chukotko-Kamchatkan Languages; 2.5 Caucasian Families; 2.6 Other Languages of Europe and Northern Eurasia; 2.7 Proposals for Larger Groupings; 3 Languages of Southern, Eastern, and Southeastern Asiaand Oceania; 3.1 Dravidian Languages; 3.2 Austro-Asiatic Languages; 3.3 Sino-Tibetan; 3.4 Daic Languages; 3.5 Hmong-Mien (Miao-Yao) Languages; 3.6 Austronesian Languages; 3.7 Papuan Families; 3.8 Australian Families; 3.9 Other Languages of Southern, Eastern, and Southeastern Asia.
- 3.10 Proposals for Larger Groupings4 Languages of Africa and Southwestern Asia; 4.1 Afroasiatic Languages; 4.2 Niger-Congo Languages; 4.3 Nilo-Saharan Families; 4.4 Khoisan Families; 4.5 Proposals for Larger Groupings; 5 Languages of the Americas; 5.1 Languages of North America; 5.2 Languages of Meso-America; 5.3 Languages of South America; 5.4 Proposals for Larger Groupings; 6 Pidgin and Creole Languages; 7 Deaf Sign Languages; 3: Typology and Universals; 1 Introduction: The Typological and Generative Approaches to Language Universals; 2 How Many Languages Are Needed for a Typological Study?
- 3 How Does One Person Use Data from So Many Languages?4 How Can One Compare Grammatical Structures from Many Different Languages?; 5 The Nature of Language Universals; 6 Explanations for Language Universals; 4 :Field Linguistics: Gathering Language Data from Native Speakers; 1 What Is "Field Linguistics"?*; 2 How Is "Field" Data Gathered?; 2.1 Basic Techniques of Field Linguistics; 2.2 Getting Started with Field Work; 3 What to Ask a Speaker, and What a Speaker Says; 3.1 Working in the Field; 4 Analyzing the Data, and What to Do with It; 4.1 Basic Analysis; 4.2 Writing the Language.
- 4.3 Describing the Language5 Contributions of Field Linguistics to Linguistic Theory and Other Scholarly Work; 6 The Highest Contribution; 5: Writing Systems*; 1 The Diversity of Writing Systems; 1.1 Syllabaries; 1.2 Alphabets; 1.3 Abjads; 1.4 Abugidas; 1.5 Morphosyllabaries; 1.6 Informed Inventions; 2 The Unity of Writing Systems; 2.1 Origin of Writing; 2.2 Diffusion of Writing; 2.3 External Characteristics; 3 Writing and Language; 4 The Study of Writing; Part II: Theoretical Bases; 6: The History of Linguistics: Approaches to Linguistics; 1 Introduction; 2 Grammatical Traditions.