TYPOLOGY IN LINGUISTICS

The theory & methodology of linguistic typology are outlined & an attempt is made to synthesize some recent work. It is argued that typological study is not only a possible subfield of linguistics but a necessary one. Linguistic typologies are categorized as structural, functional, distribut...

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Published in:Acta linguistica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 1979-01, Vol.29 (3/4), p.315-337
Main Author: MORAVCSIK, EDITH A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academia
Comparative and classificatory studies
Language
Language typology
Linguistic typology
Linguistic universals
Linguistics
Phonetics
Stop consonants
Theoretical typology
Vowels
Words
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Summary:The theory & methodology of linguistic typology are outlined & an attempt is made to synthesize some recent work. It is argued that typological study is not only a possible subfield of linguistics but a necessary one. Linguistic typologies are categorized as structural, functional, distributional, or mixed. B. Annesser
ISSN:0001-5946