An Introduction to Linguistic Typology
- ISBN-10
- 9027211981
- ISBN-13
- 9789027211989
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 517
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Benjamins Publishing
- Author
- Viveka Velupillai
Description
Offers an introduction to linguistic typology that covers various linguistic domains from phonology and morphology over parts-of-speech, the NP and the VP, to simple and complex clauses, pragmatics and language change. This title also includes a discussion on methodological issues in typology.
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