The use of databases in cross-linguistic studies

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Everaert, Martin (-), Musgrave, Simon, 1959-, Dimitriadis, Alexis, 1963-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter c2009.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Empirical approaches to language typology ; 41.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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  • 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.