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Linguistic typology

A Wisdom Archive on Linguistic typology

Linguistic typology

A selection of articles related to Linguistic typology

Linguistic typology

ARTICLES RELATED TO Linguistic typology

Linguistic typology: Encyclopedia II - Centum-Satem isogloss - Satem

The Satem languages show the characteristic change of the so-called Proto-Indo-European palato-velars (*ḱ, *ǵ, *ǵʰ) into affricate and fricative consonants articulated in the front of the mouth. For example, *ḱ became Sanskrit ś [ʃ], Avestan, Russian and Armen ...

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Centum-Satem isogloss, Centum-Satem isogloss - Proto-Indo-European dorsals, Centum-Satem isogloss - Satem, Centum-Satem isogloss - Centum, Centum-Satem isogloss - Origins of the sound change, Centum-Satem isogloss - Literature

Read more here: » Centum-Satem isogloss: Encyclopedia II - Centum-Satem isogloss - Satem

Linguistic typology: Encyclopedia II - Linguistics - Contextual linguistics

Contextual linguistics is where the discipline of linguistics interacts with other academic disciplines. Whereas in core theoretical linguistics language is studied for its own sake, the interdisciplinary areas of linguistics consider how language interacts with the rest of the world. Sociolinguistics, anthropological linguistics, and linguistic anthropology are social sciences that consider the interactions between linguistics and society as a whole. Critical discourse analysis is where rhetoric and philosophy interact with linguistics. Psycholinguistics and neu ...

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Linguistics, Linguistics - Dichotomies and language, Linguistics - Levels of theoretical linguistics, Linguistics - Diachronic linguistics, Linguistics - Applied linguistics, Linguistics - Contextual linguistics, Linguistics - Individual speakers language communities and linguistic universals, Linguistics - Prescription and description, Linguistics - Speech versus writing, Linguistics - Research areas of linguistics, Linguistics - Interdisciplinary linguistic research, Linguistics - Important linguists and schools of thought, Linguistics - Representation of speech, Linguistics - Narrower conceptions of linguistics

Read more here: » Linguistics: Encyclopedia II - Linguistics - Contextual linguistics

Linguistic typology: Encyclopedia II - Morphological typology - Polysynthetic languages

In 1836, Wilhelm von Humboldt added a third category: polysynthetic languages. (The term polysynthesis was first used in linguistics by Peter Stephen Duponceau who borrowed it from chemistry). These languages have a high morpheme-to-word ratio. Note that there is no clear-cut line on when a synthetic language deserves to be called polysynthetic. Among common features of polysynthetic languages there are: A highly regular morphology A tendency for verb forms to include morphemes that refer to several ...

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Morphological typology, Morphological typology - Analytic languages, Morphological typology - Synthetic languages, Morphological typology - Agglutinative languages, Morphological typology - Fusional languages, Morphological typology - Polysynthetic languages, Morphological typology - Morphological typology in reality

Read more here: » Morphological typology: Encyclopedia II - Morphological typology - Polysynthetic languages

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