The (early) history of linguistic typology / Paolo Ramat -- The pioneers of linguistic typology : from Gabelentz to Greenberg / Giorgio Graffi -- Linguistic typology and the study of language / ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Alexandra Aikhenvald: Languages can be classified into types based on numerous parameters. One concerns ...

Over the last few decades, there has been a tremendous increase in the production of descriptive grammars for languages that had previously been poorly described or lacked description altogether. In ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article systematizes speech registers employed in in-law avoidance into a cross-linguistic typology. Such affinal avoidance registers, ...

Language research at the University of Helsinki has always maintained its strong commitment to a better understanding of cultural areas and their history. Situated in an ideal place for the study of ...