Martin Everaert / Simon Musgrave / Alexis Dimitriadis (ed.)

The Use of Databases in Cross-Linguistic Studies

Herausgegeben:Everaert, Martin; Musgrave, Simon; Dimitriadis, Alexis

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] 41
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 724g
• ISBN-13: 9783110193084
• ISBN-10: 3110193086
• Artikelnr.: 23272735

Autorenporträt

Martin Everaert , University of Utrecht, The Netherlands; Simon Musgrave, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Alexis Dimitriadis, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.