A01=Jae Jung Song
Author_Jae Jung Song
basic
Basic Word Order
case
Case Marking
Category=CF
Category=CFF
Category=CFK
Causative Affixes
Causative Constructions
causee
Causee Np
crosslinguistic analysis
direct
Direct Object Np
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ESL Student
grammatical relations
Head Marking
Head Noun
holistic
Holistic Typology
Intransitive
Intransitive Verb
language universals
Linguistic Typologists
marking
Min SD
morphosyntactic patterns
Nominal Hierarchy
object
order
OV Language
RC Type
Resumptive Pronouns
Sov Language
Speech Act Participants
structural diversity in languages
SVO Language
syntactic alignment
types
typological classification
word
Word Order Correlations
Word Order Properties
Word Order Types
Word Order Typology
Product details
- ISBN 9780582312210
- Weight: 800g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 11 Aug 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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There are generally estimated to be between 4,000 and 6,000 languages in the world. This number alone gives an idea of the immense diversity of languages: at the same time, there also has to be an underlying unity to human languages. Linguistic Typology is the study of the structural similarities between languages, regardless of their history, to establish a classification of languages. It provides an accessible overview of the most prominent areas of study and research in language typology, illustrated with many examples taken from a wide range of languages. Jae Jong Song offers an explanation for the different ways in which languages behave, and considers why languages are the way they are.
