The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Typology (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics)

Linguistic typology identifies both how languages vary and what they all have in common. This Handbook provides a state-of-the art survey of the aims and methods of linguistic typology and the conclusions we can draw from them. Part I covers phonological typology morphological typology sociolinguistic typology and the relationships between typology historical linguistics and grammaticalization. It also addresses typological features of mixed languages creole languages sign languages and secret languages. Part II features contributions on the typology of morphological processes noun categorization devices negation frustrative modality logophoricity switch reference and motion events. Finally Part III focuses on typological profiles of the mainland South Asia area Australia Quechuan and Aymaran Eskimo-Aleut Iroquoian the Kampa subgroup of Arawak Omotic Semitic Dravidian the Oceanic subgroup of Austronesian and the Awuyu-Ndumut family (in West Papua). Uniting the expertise of a stellar selection of scholars this Handbook highlights linguistic typology as a major discipline within the field of linguistics.