Description and contextualization of the subject

This advanced course on linguistic typology is taught within the ‘Historical Linguistics and Typology’ section. In this course, we will put in practice some of the skills needed to conduct any kind of research in typology, focusing on the morpho-syntax of languages. Our goal is to perform a similar work to the one performed in Basic Typology, albeit in the opposite direction; instead of fully describing typologically a specific language, the students will classify and characterize different languages according to a given pattern or feature, offering a reasoned account and adequate examples.

Ordinary call: orientations and renunciation

- Work in class and exercises: 30% of final grade

- Final oral presentation: 30% of final grade

- Final written assignment: 40% of final grade



This evaluation system is designed for face-to-face teaching and will be adapted in the event that we enter a new state of health emergency and have to go to virtual teaching. In this case, the updated version of the program and the new evaluation system will be posted in the Egela virtual classroom

Extraordinary call: orientations and renunciation

- Work in class and exercises: 30% of final grade

- Final written assignment: 70% of final grade



This evaluation system is designed for face-to-face teaching and will be adapted in the event that we enter a new state of health emergency and have to go to virtual teaching. In this case, the updated version of the program and the new evaluation system will be posted in the Egela virtual classroom

Temary

Typology of morpho-syntactic constructions and features:

(i) methodological considerations about typological research in morpho-syntax;

(ii) new approaches to word order;

(iii) sentence structure and predicate types;

(iv) causative and passive constructions;

(v) coordination, cosubordination and subordination.

Bibliography

Compulsory materials

WALS (World Atlas of Language Structures online).



Haspelmath, M., M. S. Dryer, D. Gil, B. Comrie (eds.), 2005, The World Atlas of Language Structures. Oxford, Oxford UP.

Basic bibliography

Croft, W., 2003, Typology and Universals, Cambridge, Cambridge UP.

Song, J. J. (ed.), 2011, The Oxford Hanbook of Linguistic Typology, Oxford, Oxford UP.

Vielupillai, V., 2012, An Introduction to Linguistic Typology. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Journals

Linguistic Typology



Studies in Language



Language



Folia Linguistica



Lingua

Links

1) WALS.info



2) Glottolog.org



3) Ethnologue.com



4) Linguistics universals of the University of Konstanz: http://typo.uni-konstanz.de/archive/



5) Surrey Morphological Group (feature list): http://www.smg.surrey.ac.uk/features/



6) Matthew Dryer’s maps: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dryer/family_maps.htm