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The use of databases in cross-linguistic studies / edited by Martin Everaert, Simon Musgrave, Alexis Dimitriadis.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Empirical approaches to language typology ; 41.
- Empirical approaches to language typology ; 41
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Linguistics--Databases.
- Linguistics.
- Typology (Linguistics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (415 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612425714
- 9781282425712
- 1282425714
- 9783110198744
- 3110198746
- OCLC:
- 429893123
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