Linguistics - G - Oxford Bibliographies
Gabelentz, Georg von der
Els Elffers
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2020-01-15
Georg von der GabelentzIntroductionHans Georg Conon von der Gabelentz (b. 1840–d. 1893) was a versatile and productive German linguist. He did not bel...
Gender
Jenny Audring
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Gender Introduction Grammatical gender is a feature of nouns, reflected on elements that agree with them. In nouns, gender is an invariable lex...
Genealogical Classification
Søren Wichmann
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Genealogical Classification Introduction In spite of a long tradition of linguists dealing empirically with the classification of languages, g...
Generative Syntax
Knut Tarald Taraldsen
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Generative Syntax Introduction Generative syntax is a major subfield of generative grammar, an outgrowth of American structuralism in its insis...
Genetics and Language
Dan Dediu, Sarah Graham
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2014-03-27
Genetics and Language Introduction This article surveys what is currently known about the complex interplay between genetics and the language ...
Gestures
Adam Kendon
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Gestures Introduction This article, after listing recent general works and surveys, is organized first to reflect the historical development of...
Grammar, Categorial
Glyn Morrill
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2019-08-28
Categorial GrammarIntroductionThe term “categorial grammar” refers to a variety of approaches to syntax and semantics in which expressions are categor...
Grammar, Construction
Mirjam Fried
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2014-03-27
Construction Grammar Introduction Construction Grammar was originally developed as a monotonic, constraint-based framework whose conceptual ba...
Grammar, Descriptive
Willem de Reuse
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2019-09-25
Descriptive GrammarIntroductionFor purposes of space, this bibliography excludes works focusing only on descriptive phonology, although, strictly spea...
Grammar, Functional Discourse
Inge Genee
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Functional Discourse GrammarIntroductionFunctional Discourse Grammar (FDG) is an expanded version of the Functional Grammar framework developed by Sim...
Grammars, Phrase Structure
Frank Van Eynde
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2014-05-29
Phrase Structure GrammarsIntroductionPhrase structure grammars model the internal structure of a sentence in terms of a hierarchically organized repre...
Grammaticalization
D. Gary Miller, Elly van Gelderen
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
GrammaticalizationIntroductionThe essence of grammaticalization is the evolution of a lexical category to a grammatical one or of a hybrid/functional ...
Harris, Zellig
Robert F. Barsky
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2017-01-11
Zellig HarrisIntroductionZellig Harris (b. 1909–d. 1992) was a noted linguist whose work contributed to American anthropology, methodologies of scient...
Heritage Languages
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...
History of Linguistics
John E. Joseph
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2014-04-28
History of Linguistics Introduction The term linguistics is a product of the 19th century, as are the academic field and the form of enquiry t...
History of the English Language
Ans van Kemenade, Bettelou Los
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
History of the English Language Introduction The study of the history of the English language has a long and rich tradition, starting with a r...
Hmong-Mien Languages
David Mortensen
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Hmong-Mien Languages Introduction Hmong-Mien is a compact language family of East and Southeast Asia. Its speakers are found primarily in sout...
Hokan Languages
Carmen Jany
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Hokan LanguagesIntroductionHokan languages are a number of languages grouped together not as a language family, but as a linguistic stock, a series of...
Honorifics
Lucien Brown
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2020-08-26
HonorificsIntroductionHonorifics are linguistic forms that are used prototypically to express regard or esteem toward an entity worthy of respect, mos...
Humor in Language
Salvatore Attardo
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2014-05-29
Humor in Language Introduction The field of humor research developed as an autonomous area of research in the mid-1970s, as the first scholarl...
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