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3 unusual facts about linguistic typology


Huarijio language

The Guarijí language is notable typologically in that it shows an object–verb–subject sentence order, one of the rarest order found cross-linguistically.

Linguistic typology

Another common classification distinguishes nominative–accusative languages and ergative–absolutive ones.

Murrinh-patha language

Linguistic Typology concerns word order, and in Murinh-patha sentences are ordered subject-object-verb.


Abugida

Abugida as a term in linguistics was proposed by Peter T. Daniels in his 1990 typology of writing systems.

Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale

It publishes articles in English, French and Mandarin Chinese, and covers a wide range of topics including Generative syntax, Linguistic typologyPhonetics, Phonology and Historical linguistics on all languages of the Sino-Tibetan, Austro-Asiatic, Austronesian, Hmong-Mien, Kra-Dai, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic families, as well as on Japanese, Korean and Ainu.

Östen Dahl

Östen Dahl (born 4 November 1945 in Stockholm) is a Swedish linguist and professor best known for pioneering a marker-based approach to tense and aspect in linguistic typology.

Word order

Language Universals and Linguistic Typology: Syntax and MorphologyBernard Comrie (1981) – this is the authoritative introduction to word order and related subjects.


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