Linguistics - Oxford Bibliographies
Languages, Caucasian
Marina Chumakina
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Caucasian Languages Introduction Medieval Arab geographers called the Caucasus “a mountain of tongues.” Many diverse languages are spoken in th...
Languages, Celtic
Sìm Innes
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Celtic Languages Introduction Celtic languages constitute one distinct branch of the Indo-European languages. The modern Celtic languages are ...
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, Hokan
Carmen Jany
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Hokan Languages Introduction Hokan languages are a number of languages grouped together not as a language family, but as a linguistic stock, a...
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, Uto-Aztecan
Jason D. Haugen
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Uto-Aztecan Languages Introduction The Uto-Aztecan languages make up one of the largest and most widespread language families of the Western H...
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 Access, Cognitive Mechanisms for
Marcus Taft
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Cognitive Mechanisms for Lexical Access Introduction In order to communicate, human beings make use of words, which are the spoken or written ...
Lexical Semantics
Dirk 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...
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