The Use of Databases in Cross-Linguistic Studies
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About this book
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.
Author / Editor information
Martin Everaert , University of Utrecht, The Netherlands; Simon Musgrave, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Alexis Dimitriadis, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Introduction
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Designing linguistic databases: A primer for linguists
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A typological database of personal and demonstrative pronouns
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Databases designed for investigating specific phenomena
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How to integrate databases without starting a typology war: The Typological Database System
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A contribution to ‘two-dimensional’ language description: the Typological Database of Intensifiers and Reflexives
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StressTyp: A database for word accentual patterns in the world’s languages
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The typological database of the World Atlas of Language Structures
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Typology of reduplication: The Graz database
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The Romani Morpho-Syntax (RMS) database
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A database on personal pronouns in African languages
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