The Use of Databases in Cross-Linguistic Studies

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.

About the author

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

Product details

• Assisted by: Alexis Dimitriadis (Editor), Martin Everaert (Editor), Simo Musgrave (Editor), Simon Musgrave (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.2009
• EAN: 9783110193084
• ISBN: 978-3-11-019308-4
• No. of pages: 409
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 32 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 724 g
• Illustrations: Figs. and tabs
• Series: Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]; Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics