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Languages, Endangered
Chris Rogers, Lyle Campbell
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Endangered Languages Introduction Endangered languages are one of the highest priorities in linguistics in the early 21st century and one of th...
Languages, Heritage
Maria Polinsky
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Heritage Languages Introduction Heritage languages are spoken by early bilinguals, simultaneous or sequential, whose home language (L1) is seve...
Languages, Iroquoian
Karin Michelson
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Iroquoian Languages Introduction The Iroquoian languages include Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora (the languages spoken by t...
Languages, Kiowa-Tanoan
Daniel Harbour
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Kiowa-Tanoan Languages Introduction The Kiowa-Tanoan family consists of Kiowa and the Tanoan languages Tewa, Tiwa, and Towa (Jemez), many of wh...
Languages, Mayan
Nora C. England, Roberto Zavala Maldonado
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Mayan Languages Introduction The Mayan family of languages consists of about thirty extant languages plus at least two (Chicomuceltec and Ch’o...
Languages, Mesoamerican
Nora C. England, Roberto Zavala Maldonado
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Mesoamerican Languages Introduction Mesoamerica as a linguistic area extends from central Mexico south and east through Guatemala and Belize a...
Languages, Muskogean
Jack Martin
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Muskogean Languages Introduction The Muskogean languages are a family of languages native to the southeastern United States. The members of th...
Languages, Non-Pama-Nyungan
Brett Baker
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Non-Pama-Nyungan Languages Introduction The Non-Pama-Nyungan languages are those indigenous Australian languages whose traditional territory w...
Languages, Salish
Donna B. Gerdts
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Salish Languages Introduction The Salish language family consists of twenty-three languages spoken in southwestern Canada and the northwestern...
Languages, Zapotecan
Rosemary G. Beam de Azcona
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Zapotecan Languages Introduction Known for their numerous suprasegmental contrasts and VSO argument order, Zapotecan languages are indigenous t...
Learnability
Geoffrey K. Pullum
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Learnability Introduction The study of language learnability is not the same thing as the study of how language acquisition actually proceeds,...
Lexical Semantics
Dick Geeraerts
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Lexical Semantics Introduction Lexical semantics is the study of word meaning. Two issues of demarcation are relevant in this respect. First, ...
Lexical-Functional Grammar
Yehuda N. Falk
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Lexical-Functional Grammar Introduction Lexical-functional grammar, usually referred to as LFG, is a theoretical approach to syntax and related...
Linguistic Relativity
Peggy Li, David Barner
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Linguistic Relativity Introduction Linguistic relativity, sometimes called the Whorfian hypothesis, posits that properties of language affect t...
Linguistics, Algonquian
Conor McDonough Quinn
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Algonquian Linguistics Introduction The traditional and post-European contact range of the Algonquian languages covers an enormous area: roughl...
Linguistics, Austronesian
Alexander Adelaar
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Austronesian Linguistics Introduction Austronesian linguistics is the linguistic study of languages belonging to the Austronesian language fami...
Linguistics, Cognitive
Vyvyan Evans
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Cognitive Linguistics Introduction Cognitive linguistics is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of language, mind, and sociocultural exp...
Linguistics, Computational
Robert Dale
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Computational Linguistics Introduction Computational linguistics (CL) is an interdisciplinary mix of computer science and linguistics with addi...
Loanwords
Yoonjung Kang
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Loanwords Introduction When two languages come into contact, words are borrowed from one language to another. Lexical borrowings, or loanwords...
Mass-Count Distinction
Alan Bale, David Barner
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Mass-Count Distinction Introduction The mass-count distinction is reflected in the syntax and semantics of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and quanti...
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