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The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Typology
Jae Jung Song
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Description for The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Typology
Paperback. This book provides a critical state-of-the-art overview of work in linguistic typology. It examines the directions and challenges of current research and shows how these reflect and inform work on the development of linguistic theory. Editor(s): Song, Jae Jung. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 776 pages, Tables, Figures. BIC Classification: CFF; CFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 171 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1334.
This handbook provides a critical state-of-the-art overview of work in linguistic typology. It examines the directions and challenges of current research and shows how these reflect and inform work on the development of linguistic theory. It describes what typologists have revealed about language in general and discovered (and continue to discover) about the richly various ways in which meaning and expression are achieved in the world's languages. Typological research extends across all branches of linguistics. The degree to which the characteristics of language are universal or particular is crucial to the understanding of language and its relation to ... Read more
This handbook provides a critical state-of-the-art overview of work in linguistic typology. It examines the directions and challenges of current research and shows how these reflect and inform work on the development of linguistic theory. It describes what typologists have revealed about language in general and discovered (and continue to discover) about the richly various ways in which meaning and expression are achieved in the world's languages. Typological research extends across all branches of linguistics. The degree to which the characteristics of language are universal or particular is crucial to the understanding of language and its relation to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
776
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Condition
New
Weight
1334g
Number of Pages
776
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199658404
SKU
V9780199658404
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About Jae Jung Song
Jae Jung Song is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Otago. His books include Causatives and Causation: A Universal-Typological Perspective (Addison Wesley Longman 1996); Case, Typology and Grammar, co-edited with Anna Siewierska (Benjamins 1998); Linguistic Typology: Morphology and Syntax (Pearson 2001); The Korean Language: Structure, Use and Context (Routledge 2005); and Frontiers of Korean Language Acquisition (Saffron Books ... Read more
Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Typology
Especially useful for readers who are not themselves engaged in mainstream typology but who wish to follow or catch up on it.
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