Koguryo: The Language of Japan’s Continental Relatives
Koguryo: The Language of Japan’s Continental Relatives

Author: Christopher Beckwith

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007-05-28

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9047420284

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This book describes the Koguryo language, which was once spoken in Manchuria and Korea, including Koguryo and Japanese ethnolinguistic history, Koguryo’s genetic relationship to Japanese, Koguryo phonology, and the Koguryo lexicon. It also analyzes the phonology of archaic Northeastern Chinese.

Approaches to Language Typology
Approaches to Language Typology

Author: Masayoshi Shibatani

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780198238669

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Language typology is concerned with the construction of theoretical frameworks capable of delimiting the range of human languages and of capturing constraints on cross-linguistic variation. This text offers accounts of the theoretical foundations and findings of leading scholars in this field.

Language Universals, Markedness Theory, and Natural Phonetic Processes
Language Universals, Markedness Theory, and Natural Phonetic Processes

Author: Robert K. Herbert

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-06-01

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 3110865939

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Studies in Typology and Diachrony
Studies in Typology and Diachrony

Author: William Croft

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 9027228973

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Joseph H. Greenberg is a towering figure in late twentieth century linguistics. His major contributions in the field have been in the area of typology and universals, virtually launched by his paper on word order universals, and in diachronic linguistics. The major thrust of Greenberg's work in the past three decades has been in the fusion of these two approaches to linguistic explanation into one, diachronic typology, the cross-linguistic analysis of languages as dynamic systems.This volume honors Greenberg on the occasion of his 75th birthday. It opens with an introduction discussing Greenberg's work at length and a full bibliography of his publications. It contains ten papers in typology, diachronic theory and diachronic typology by some of the leading linguists working in the research tradition inspired by Greenberg's work.