The Use of Databases in Cross-Linguistic Studies / / ed. by Martin Everaert, Simon Musgrave, Alexis Dimitriadis.
This book promotes the development of linguistic databases by describing a number of successful database projects, focusing especially on cross-linguistic and typological research. It has become increasingly clear that ready access to knowledge about cross-linguistic variation is of great value to m...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2009] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (409 p.) :; Figs. and tabs |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Designing linguistic databases: A primer for linguists -- A typological database of personal and demonstrative pronouns -- Databases designed for investigating specific phenomena -- How to integrate databases without starting a typology war: The Typological Database System -- A contribution to ‘two-dimensional’ language description: the Typological Database of Intensifiers and Reflexives -- StressTyp: A database for word accentual patterns in the world’s languages -- The typological database of the World Atlas of Language Structures -- Typology of reduplication: The Graz database -- The Romani Morpho-Syntax (RMS) database -- A database on personal pronouns in African languages -- Backmatter |
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Summary: | This book promotes the development of linguistic databases by describing a number of successful database projects, focusing especially on cross-linguistic and typological research. It has become increasingly clear that ready access to knowledge about cross-linguistic variation is of great value to many types of linguistic research. Such a systematic body of data is essential in order to gain a proper understanding of what is truly universal in language and what is determined by specific cultural settings. Moreover, it is increasingly needed as a tool to systematically evaluate contrasting theoretical claims. The book includes a chapter on general problems of using databases to handle language data and chapters on a number of individual projects. Note: This title was originally announced as including a CD-Rom with databases. The CD-Rom, however, was replaced by a list of URLs within the book. More information as well as links to the databases can also be found here. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110198744 9783110238570 9783110238457 9783110636970 9783110742961 9783110219517 9783110219524 9783110219548 9783110219470 |
ISSN: | 0933-761X ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110198744 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Martin Everaert, Simon Musgrave, Alexis Dimitriadis. |