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Khoisan Languages
Alena Witzlack-Makarevich
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2022-07-26
Khoisan LanguagesIntroductionThe languages traditionally referred to as “Khoisan” languages are spoken in southern and eastern Africa, specifically in...
Kiowa-Tanoan Languages
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...
Kra-Dai Languages
Peter Jenks, Pittayawat Pittayaporn
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2014-02-25
Kra-Dai Languages Introduction Kra-Dai (also called Tai-Kadai and Kam-Tai) is a family of approximately 100 languages spoken in Southeast Asia...
Labov, William
Matthew J. Gordon
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
William Labov Introduction William Labov (b. 1927) has been a prominent voice in American linguistics since the early 1960s. He pioneered an a...
Language Acquisition
Eve V. Clark
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Language AcquisitionIntroductionFirst language acquisition—the study of how children acquire their first language(s)—is the branch of psycholinguistic...
Language and Law
Tammy Gales, Lena Naumova
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
Language and LawIntroductionLanguage and law, sometimes referred to as forensic linguistics, has been defined in a variety of ways, some of which focu...
Language Contact
Patience L. Epps
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Language ContactIntroductionThe study of language contact addresses the dynamics and outcomes of multilingual interaction. Accordingly, it intersects ...
Language Documentation
Peter Austin
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Language Documentation Introduction Language documentation, also known as documentary linguistics, is the subfield of linguistics that deals w...
Language Geography
Hannah J. Haynie
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
Language GeographyIntroductionUnlike a unified, interdisciplinary field, language geography has largely been a decentralized area of study, carried ou...
Language Ideologies and Language Attitudes
Paul V. Kroskrity
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2016-04-28
Language Ideologies and Language AttitudesIntroductionAs conceptual tools, language ideologies and language attitudes were created by researchers in t...
Language in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Letitia R. Naigles
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2018-11-29
Language in Autism Spectrum DisordersIntroductionAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a genetically linked, neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by ...
Language Nests
Eve Okura Koller, Gabriela Amaller, Kenedi Cooper
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2022-06-27
Language NestsIntroductionLanguage nests are one of the most crucial methods of language revitalization. The conservation and reclamation of endangere...
Language Revitalization
Andrea Wilhelm
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Language Revitalization Introduction Language revitalization is a fairly recent subfield of linguistics that is concerned with halting and rev...
Language Shift
Nicholas Ostler
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2014-05-29
Language Shift Introduction In this article, “language shift” means the process, or the event, in which a population changes from using one la...
Language Standardization
Robin Straaijer
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2019-10-30
Language StandardizationIntroductionThe term standardization is generally used within linguistics to refer to the process of bringing about a standard...
Language, Embodiment and
Jordan Zlatev
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2022-08-23
Embodiment and LanguageIntroductionThe concept of embodiment is used in cognitive science and linguistics in a number of different ways. A common deno...
Language, Gender, and Sexuality
Lal Zimman, Kira Hall
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2016-06-28
Language, Gender, and SexualityIntroductionResearch on language, gender, and sexuality has been advanced by scholars working in a variety of areas in ...
Languages of Africa
Tucker Childs
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Languages of Africa Introduction The study of African languages has a history dating back to the 17th century when Europeans first began explo...
Languages of the Americas, Indigenous
Marianne Mithun
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Indigenous Languages of the Americas Introduction The languages indigenous to North, Middle, and South America are both numerous and diverse. B...
Languages of the World
William R. Leben
Subject: Linguistics »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Languages of the World Introduction Scholarly work on the languages of the world is aimed in three main directions: genetic classification, ty...
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