Binding: Paperback
Description: Language typology identifies similarities and differences among languages of the world. This textbook provides an introduction to the subject which assumes minimal prior knowledge of linguistics. It offers the broadest coverage of any introductory book including sections on historical change language acquisition and language processing. Students will become familiar with the subject by working through numerous examples of crosslinguistic generalizations and diversity in syntax morphology and phonology as well as vocabulary writing systems and signed languages. Chapter outlines and summaries key words a glossary and copious literature references help the reader understand and internalize what they have read while activities at the end of each chapter reinforce key points.
Title: Introducing Language Typology
Author(s): Moravcsik Edith A. (University Of Wisconsin Milwaukee)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9780521152624
Pages: 320 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises; 2 Halftones, Unspecified; 9 Line Drawings, Unspecified
Publication Date: 12/20/2012
Series: Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics
Category: Philosophy Of Language