Typological Studies in Language Series

133 primary works • 133 total works
A companion series to the journal Studies in Language. Volumes in this series are functionally and typologically oriented, covering specific topics in language by collecting together data from a wide variety of languages and language typologies.

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Book 1

Tense - Aspect: Between semantics & pragmatics
The verbal categories of tense and aspect have bee…
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Book 2

Switch Reference and Universal Grammar
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· 1 Ratings · published 1983 · 4 editions
Canonical switch-reference is an inflectional cate…
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Book 3

Topic Continuity in Discourse
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· 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1983 · 4 editions
The functional notion of “topic” or “topicality” h…
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Book 4

Interrogativity: A Colloquium on the Grammar, Typology, and Pragmatics of Questions in Seven Diverse Languages, Cleveland, Ohio, October 5th, 1981-M
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Book 5

Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition: Containing the Contributions to a Conference on Language Universals and Second Language Acquisi
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Book 6

Iconicity in Syntax: Proceedings of a symposium on iconicity in syntax, Stanford, June 24–26, 1983
The papers in this volume all explore one kind of …
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Book 7

Noun Classes and Categorization: Proceedings of a symposium on categorization and noun classification, Eugene, Oregon, October 1983
This volume is about the nature of categories in c…
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Book 8

Studies in Turkish Linguistics
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· 1 Ratings · published 1986 · 2 editions
Turkish is a member of the Turkic family of langua…
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Book 9

Morphology: A Study of the Relation between Meaning and Form
This is a textbook right in the thick of current i…
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Book 10

Complementation: Its Meanings and Forms
This book presents a stage in the evolution of a t…
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Book 11

Coherence and Grounding in Discourse: Outcome of a Symposium, Eugene, Oregon, June 1984
This volume seeks to expand our understanding of t…
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Book 12

Typology of Resultative Constructions
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Book 14

Perspectives on Topicalization: The case of Japanese wa
Within the field of Japanese linguistics, few area…
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Book 15

Complex Sentence Constructions in Australian Languages
Over the past fifteen years, descriptions of Austr…
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Book 16

Passive and Voice
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· 3 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1988 · 5 editions
This volume brings together 18 original papers dea…
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Book 17

Studies in Syntactic Typology
The papers in this volume are revised versions of …
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Book 18

Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse
Traditionally the study of syntax is restricted to…
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Book 19:1

Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume I. Theoretical and methodological issues
The study of grammaticalization raises a number of…
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Book 19:2

Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume II. Types of grammatical markers
The study of grammaticalization raises a number of…
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Book 19:S

Approaches to Grammaticalization: 2 Volumes (set)
The study of grammaticalization raises a number of…
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Book 20

Studies in Typology and Diachrony: Papers Presented to Joseph H: Greenberg on His 75th Birthday
Joseph H. Greenberg is a towering figure in late t…
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Book 21

The Linguistics of Literacy
This volume grew out of the Seventeenth Annual Uni…
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Book 22

Pragmatics of Word Order Flexibility
For some time the assumption has been widely held …
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Book 23

The Middle Voice
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· 5 Ratings · published 1993 · 1 edition
This book approaches the middle voice from the per…
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Book 24

Deixis, Grammar, and Culture
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· 2 Ratings · published 1992 · 7 editions
Many linguists have believed that there is no conn…
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Book 25

The Grammar of Space
A cross-linguistic study of grammatical morphemes …
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Book 26

Historical Change in Serial Verb Constructions
This work examines both historical and comparative…
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Book 27

Voice: Form and Function
The volume's central concern is grammatical voice,…
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Book 28

Voice and Inversion
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· 4 Ratings · published 1994 · 6 editions
This collection aims first to establish a structur…
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Book 29

Typological Studies in Negation
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· 1 Ratings · published 1994 · 6 editions
This collection of articles offers descriptions of…
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Book 30

Word Order in Discourse
This volume brings together a collection of 18 pap…
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Book 31

Coherence in Spontaneous Text
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· 2 Ratings · published 1995 · 6 editions
The main theme running through this volume is that…
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Book 32

Modality in Grammar and Discourse
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· 4 Ratings · published 1995 · 6 editions
This volume brings together a collection of 18 pap…
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Book 33

Studies in Anaphora
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· 1 Ratings · published 1996 · 6 editions
The last 15 years has seen an explosion of researc…
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Book 34

Conversation: Cognitive, communicative and social perspectives
The papers in this volume were originally presente…
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Book 35

Grammatical Relations: A functionalist perspective
This volume presents a functional perspective on g…
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Book 36

The Linguistics of Giving
In this collection of papers twelve linguists expl…
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Book 37

The Limits of Grammaticalization
The earliest use of the term "grammaticalization" …
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Book 38

Case, Typology and Grammar: In honor of Barry J. Blake
The present volume is a collection of fifteen orig…
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Book 39

External Possession
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· published 1999 · 6 editions
External Possession Constructions (EPCs) are found…
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Book 40

Reflexives: Forms and functions. Volume 1
The importance of reflexive markers in the study o…
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Book 41

Reciprocals: Forms and functions. Volume 2
The theoretical issues addressed in the present vo…
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Book 40-41

Forms and functions: Volume 1: Reflexives; Volume 2: Reciprocals. 2 Volumes (set)
Volume 1: The importance of reflexive markers in t…
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Book 42

Demonstratives: Form, function and grammaticalization
All languages have demonstratives, but their form,…
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Book 43

Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Linguistics and Grammaticalization
Comparative linguistics and grammaticalization the…
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Book 44

Ideophones
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· 2 Ratings · published 2001 · 4 editions
The present volume represents a selection of paper…
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Book 45

Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure
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Book 46

Non-Canonical Marking Of Subjects And Objects
In some languages every subject is marked in the s…
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Book 47

Dimensions of Possession
Few linguistic concepts are more elusive than 'pos…
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Book 48

The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation
This volume presents fifteen original papers deali…
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Book 49

New Reflections on Grammaticalization
The contributions in this volume cover a wide rang…
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Book 50

Prepositions in their Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Context
The growing interest in prepositions is reflected …
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Book 51

The Linguistics of Sitting, Standing and Lying
This volume explores properties of ‘sit’, ‘stand’,…
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Book 52

Reported Discourse: A meeting ground for different linguistic domains
The present volume unites 15 papers on reported di…
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Book 53

The Evolution of Language out of Pre-language
The contributors to this volume are linguists, psy…
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Book 54

Studies in Evidentiality
In a number of languages, the speaker must specify…
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Book 55

Explaining Language Structure through Systems Interaction
This book proposes a framework for describing lang…
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Book 56

Motion, Direction and Location in Languages
This book contributes to an area of study that is …
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Book 57

Dependent-Head Synthesis in Nivkh: A contribution to a typology of polysynthesis
Dependent-Head Synthesis in Nivkh has been awarded…
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Book 58

Coordinating Constructions
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· 1 Ratings · published 2004 · 4 editions
This is the first book on coordinating constructio…
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Book 59

Up and down the Cline – The Nature of Grammaticalization
The basic idea behind this volume is to probe the …
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Book 60

Non-Nominative Subjects Volume 1
Volume 1 of Non-nominative Subjects (NNSs) present…
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Book 61

Non-Nominative Subjects Volume 2
Volume 2 of Non-nominative Subjects (NNSs) present…
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Book 60-61

Non-nominative Subjects: Volume 1 and 2 (set)
These two volumes on Non-nominative Subjects (NNSs…
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Book 62

Sound Patterns in Interaction: Cross-linguistic studies from conversation
This collection of original papers by eminent phon…
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Book 63

Clusivity: Typology and case studies of the inclusive–exclusive distinction
This book presents a collection of papers on clusi…
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Book 64

Studies in African Linguistic Typology
The twenty-one papers that make up this volume ref…
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Book 65

Voice and Grammatical Relations. in Honor of Masayoshi Shibatani.
This volume presents thirteen original papers deal…
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Book 66

Space in Languages
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· 2 Ratings · published 2006 · 5 editions
Space is presently the focus of much research and …
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Book 67

Suppletion in Verb Paradigms
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· 1 Ratings · published 2006 · 1 edition
This book examines stem change in verb paradigms, …
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Book 68

Passivization and Typology
Is the passive a unified universal phenomenon? The…
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Book 69

Split Auxiliary Systems: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective
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Book 70

Deixis and Alignment: Inverse systems in indigenous languages of the Americas
This book proposes a notion of inverse that differ…
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Book 71

Reciprocal Constructions
This monograph constitutes the first comprehensive…
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Book 72

Prototypical Transitivity
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· 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
This book presents a functional analysis of a noti…
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Book 73

Deconstructing Creole
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· 1 Ratings · published 2007 · 3 editions
Deconstructing Creole is a collection of studies a…
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Book 74

Adpositions: Pragmatic, Semantic and Syntactic Perspectives
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Book 75

Interaction of Morphology and Syntax: Case studies in Afroasiatic
The present volume deals with hitherto unexplored …
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Book 76

Rethinking Grammaticalization: New Perspectives
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Book 76-77

Rethinking Grammaticalization: New Perspectives
These two volumes offer a selection of papers from…
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Book 77

Theoretical and Empirical Issues in Grammaticalization
This volume and its companion one Rethinking New p…
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Book 78

Lessons from Documented Endangered Languages
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Book 79

Modality-Aspect Interfaces: Implications and Typological Solutions
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Book 80

Crosslinguistic Studies of Clause Combining: The multifunctionality of conjunctions
The study of clause combining has been advanced la…
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Book 81

Case and Grammatical Relations: Studies in Honor of Bernard Comrie
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Book 82

Formulaic Language: Volume 1. Distribution and historical change
This book is the first of the two-volume collectio…
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Book 82-83

Formulaic Language: Volume 1. Distribution and historical change, Volume 2. Acquisition, loss, psychological reality, and functional explanations (Typological Studies in Language)
This two volume collection on formulaic language i…
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Book 83

Formulaic Language, Vol. 2: Acquisition, loss, psychological reality, and functional explanations
This book is the second of the two-volume collecti…
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Book 84

The Linguistics of Eating and Drinking
This volume reviews a range of fascinating linguis…
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Book 85

Syntactic Complexity
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· 2 Ratings · published 2009 · 4 editions
Complex hierarchic syntax is considered one of the…
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Book 86

Variations on Polysynthesis
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· 1 Ratings · published 2009 · 3 editions
This work is comprised of a set of papers focussin…
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Book 87

Negation Patterns in West African Languages and Beyond
This volume deals with issues on negation patterns…
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Book 88

A Typology of Purpose Clauses.
This book presents the first comprehensive typolog…
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Book 89

Ergativity in Amazonia
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· 2 Ratings · published 2010 · 3 editions
This volume presents a typological/theoretical int…
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Book 90

Gradience, Gradualness and Grammaticalization
This volume, which emerged from a workshop at the …
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Book 91

The Expression of Information Structure: A documentation of its diversity across africa
This book analyzes the different patterns found ac…
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Book 92

Benefactives and Malefactives
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· 1 Ratings · published 2010 · 3 editions
Benefactives are constructions used to express tha…
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Book 93

Fillers, Pauses and Placeholders
Fillers are items that speakers insert in spontane…
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Book 94

Formal Evidence in Grammaticalization Research
This collective volume focuses on the crucial role…
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Book 95

Creoles, their Substrates, and Language Typology
Since creole languages draw their properties from …
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