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Language typology 1987 : systematic balance in language : papers from the Linguistic Typology Symposium, Berkeley, 1-3 December 1987 /

These papers from the 1987 Typology Symposium a follow-up to the 1985 meeting in Moscow deal with the relevance of typology for historical linguistics. Its application in understanding phonological and grammatical change is examined for a variety of languages. Its relevance for application of the co...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Linguistic Typology Symposium Berkeley, Calif.
Otros Autores: Lehmann, Winfred P. (Winfred Philipp), 1916-2007
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1990.
Colección:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 67.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:These papers from the 1987 Typology Symposium a follow-up to the 1985 meeting in Moscow deal with the relevance of typology for historical linguistics. Its application in understanding phonological and grammatical change is examined for a variety of languages. Its relevance for application of the comparative method and the method of internal reconstruction is noted with reference to the glottalic theory and problems in other language families. Among the several approaches, alignment typology is especially examined, with languages defined as accusative, ergative or stative-active an approach to.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-201) and index.
ISBN:9789027278319
9027278318
1283313642
9781283313643
9786613313645
6613313645