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Towards a typology of predicative demonstratives 走向指示语的类型学

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2021-05-26 DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2021-2078

D. Killian

引用次数: 2

Jenneke van der Wal and Larry M. Hyman: The conjoint/disjoint alternation in Bantu 詹内克·范德沃尔和拉里·M·海曼：班图的联合/不相交交替

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2021-02-24 DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2021-2076

Jeff Good

引用次数: 0

Sinitic as a typological sandwich: revisiting the notions of Altaicization and Taicization 作为一个类型三明治的汉语：重新审视阿尔泰化和台化的概念

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2021-02-18 DOI: 10.1515/LINGTY-2021-2074

Pui Yiu si˥tʰou⇃ Szeto pʰuy˧ jiu⇃, Chingduang juʔ˥raʔ˥joŋ˧ Yurayong tɕʰiŋ˧duəŋ˧

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引用次数: 10

Heterogeneous sets: a diachronic typology of associative and similative plurals 异质集合：联想复数和比喻复数的历时类型学

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2021-02-15 DOI: 10.1515/LINGTY-2021-2072

Caterina Mauri, A. Sansó

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引用次数: 8

Bare classifier phrases in Thai and other mainland Asian languages: implications for classifier theory and typology 泰语和其他亚洲大陆语言中的裸分类短语：对分类理论和类型学的启示

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2021-02-02 DOI: 10.1515/LINGTY-2020-2071

Nitipong Pichetpan níʔtipʰoŋ pʰíʔtɕʰêːtpʰan, Mark W. Post mɑɹk pʰəʊst

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引用次数: 3

Perspectives on information structure in Austronesian language 南岛语信息结构透视

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2021-01-26 DOI: 10.1515/LINGTY-2021-2073

Jozina Vander Klok [ɟozinæ vændəɹ klɑk]

引用次数: 0

Don’t feel obligated, lest it be undesirable: the relationship between prohibitives and apprehensives in Papapana and beyond 不要觉得有义务，以免不受欢迎：帕帕帕纳及其他地方的禁止语和担忧语之间的关系

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2021-01-21 DOI: 10.1515/LINGTY-2020-2070

Ellen Smith-Dennis

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引用次数: 0

Marius Zemp: A Grammar of Purik Tibetan 马里乌斯·泽普：普里克藏语语法

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2021-01-11 DOI: 10.1515/LINGTY-2020-2067

Bettina Zeisler

引用次数: 0

A grammar of Pichi 皮奇语语法

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2020-12-23 DOI: 10.1515/LINGTY-2020-2068

S. Manfredi

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Typological hierarchies in synchrony and diachrony. (Typological Studies in Language 121.) Amsterdam 同步性和历时性的类型层次。（语言类型学研究121.）阿姆斯特丹