Irakasgaiaren azalpena eta testuingurua

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.

Ohiko deialdia: orientazioak eta uko egitea

- Work in class and exercises: 20% of final grade

- Final oral presentation: 40% of final grade

- Final written assignment: 40% of final grade

Ezohiko deialdia: orientazioak eta uko egitea

- Work in class and exercises: 20% of final grade

- Final oral presentation: 40% of final grade

- Final written assignment: 40% of final grade

Irakasgai-zerrenda

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.

Bibliografia

Nahitaez erabili beharreko materiala

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.

Oinarrizko bibliografia

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.

Aldizkariak

Linguistic Typology



Studies in Language



Language



Folia Linguistica



Lingua

Estekak

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