Bernard comrie, language universals and linguistic typology. Infrastructures are material forms that allow for the possibility of exchange over space. Membership of professional associations association for linguistic typology first president, 199599 deutsche gesellschaft fur sprachwissenschaft german society for linguistics. It will provide a stateoftheart overview of work on linguistic typology, its history, its methodology, theoretical foundations and major achievements. While acknowledging the role of language universalsrecurrent tendencies in structure and functionresearch in linguistic typology at ucsb concentrates on the ways in which languages differ from one another, because this tremendous diversity helps us to understand the full range of what language can be. Linguistic typology took off in its modern form with the groundbreaking research of joseph greenberg, such as, for example, his seminal paper on a cross linguistic survey of word order leading to a series of implicational universals greenberg 1963. Greenberg also attempted to establish methods for quantifying typological studies, in. Pdf bernard comrie language universals and linguisti. Since its first publication, language universals and linguistic typology has become established as the leading introductory account of one of the most productive areas of linguisticsthe analysis, comparison, and classification of the common features and forms of the organization of languages. Pdf this issue of tidsskrift for sprogforskning contains written versions of. Volume 3, grammatical categories and the lexicon hardcover. By way of an introduction to this issue, i will give a brief outline of the history of linguistic typology in the last 50 years mainly concentrating on syntactic typology and mention some recent.
Syntax and morphology bernard comrie since its first publication, language universals and linguistic typology has become established as the leading introductory account of one of the most productive areas of linguisticsthe analysis, comparison, and classification of the common features and forms. The idea for this book arose in 1990 when i was coteaching a course titled grammar ii at the university of north dakota. As the author makes it clear in the preface, classical introductory volumes such as comrie 198189 and croft 1990 are in need of updating in the light of recent. Linguistic typology 1 chapter 4 linguistic typology 4. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Linguistic typology is the analysis, comparison, and classification of languages according to their common structural features and forms. Hodge indiana university this is a very good, wellwritten introduction to both universals and typology. Its subdisciplines include, but are not limited to. Grammaticalization and reanalysis in african languages bernd heine, mechthild reh snippet view 1984.
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Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people. This volume features over 50 of the worlds languages and language families. Comrie, bernard 1981, language universals and linguistic typology, oxford. Bernard comrie language universals and linguistibookfi.
Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Language universals and linguistic typology bernard comrie, 1981 university of chicago press. Textbooks like moravcsiks introducing language typology are hard to find. Linguistic typology in natural language processing. Available formats pdf please select a format to send. The world atlas of language structures is a book and cd combination displaying the structural properties of the worlds languages. Adopting an approach to the subject pioneered by greenberg and others, bernard comrie is. Syntax and morphology, bernard comrie is published by university of chicago press. The goal of jae jung songs monograph linguistic typology. Language typology tucker childs themes in typology. The book language universals and linguistic typology. Papers from the international symposium on areal typology of west african languages, leipzig, germany, september 12, 2000. The intercontinental dictionary series a rich and principled database for language comparison.
This new four volume collection on linguistic typology will be an essential source of reference for linguists of all theoretical convictions. Comriecv 4 membership of professional associations association for linguistic typology first president, 199599 deutsche gesellschaft fur sprachwissenschaft german society for linguistics gesellschaft fur bedrohte sprachen society for endangered languages international association of maltese linguistics vicepresident. This paper explores the ways in which the field of natural language processing nlp can and does benefit from work in linguistic typology. They are the physical networks through which goods, ideas, waste, power, people, and finance are trafficked. Pdf bernard comrie language universals and linguistibookfi. Please address any questions to bernard comrie comrie at eva. Editions for language universals and linguistic typology. Language universals and linguistic typology s y n t a x and m o r p h o l o g y bernard comrie second edition the uni. Linguistic typology wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Language universals and linguistic typology comrie. Approaches to the typology of word classes petra maria. Up to the 19th century, it was believed that word classes were invariably of the latin or greek type and universal.
In a clear, logical and readable style, she introduces students not only to the basic concepts and methods in linguistic typology but also to the fundamentals of linguistics. That course was taught to a mixed class of undergraduate and graduate students and was designed to cover the basics of typology, the basics of discourse, and the basics of relational grammar, all in the span of 10 weeks. Petra maria vogel, bernard comrie the history of word class research is characterized by two extreme positions. The worlds major languages bernard comrie download. This clear and accessible introduction to linguistic typology covers all linguistic. Comriecv 4 canada, mexico, peru, brazil, uruguay, argentina, chile, australia, new zealand, papua new guinea. The world atlas of language structures edited by martin haspelmath, matthew s. Language universals and linguistic typology s y n t a x and m o r p h o l o g y bernard comrie second edition the university of chicago press i imi. Typology department of linguistics uc santa barbara.
Bernard comrie, gerald stone the russian language since the revolution. Adopting an approach to the subject pioneered by greenberg and others, bernard. The researchers are interested in language universals, i. European summer school in linguistic typology september 2016 transitivity, valency and voice denis creissels 5x1h15 this course offers a discussion of the notions that can be used to describe the way languages organize the encoding of the relationship between verbs and their arguments, and an overview. Max planck institute for evolutionary anthropology. Editions of language universals and linguistic typology. Morphology and syntax jae jung song language typology is the study of the structural similarities between languages regardless of their history, to establish a classification or typology of languages. Language universals and linguistic typology university of. The examples are well chosen, and the arguments clearly presented. Zalerts allow you to be notified by email about the availability of new books according to your search query. Bernard comrie curriculum vitae max planck society. Parts of speech as typological universals and as language particular categories. Syntax and morphology pb basil blackwell cy oxford id comrie 1981b er. Bernard comrie this volume features over 50 of the worlds languages and language families.
Its aim is to describe and explain the common properties and the structural diversity of the worlds languages. Comrie is a specialist in linguistic typology and linguistic universals, and on caucasian languages. Available syllabi and reading lists linguistics 533, spring 1997 bernard comrie linguistics 410. Swiggers belgian national science foundation, lcwen, belgium 0. C considers tu not as an alternative to other books on linguistic typology, but as.