Topicalization in Berber: a typological perspective

The Ergative System in Balochi from a Typological Perspective

For the Western Iranian languages the transition from the Old Iranian to the Middle-Iranian period is characterised by – among other things – the loss of word-final syllables. This loss had a far-reaching impact on the nominal and verbal systems since it caused the loss of categories which had been expressed by suffixes. The consequences include the emergence of the so-called ergative system. ...

Morphological Complexity: a typological perspective

Japanese Pitch Accent in a Typological Perspective

Standard Tokyo Japanese has a rich pitch-accent system where multiple pitch patterns are differentiated from each other in terms of the presence/absence of an abrupt pitch fall as well as its position. However, this is only one type of system among the variety of pitch-accent systems found in the language. This paper looks at these pitch-accent systems from typological viewpoints, through a com...

the ergative system in balochi from a typological perspective

for the western iranian languages the transition from the old iranian to the middle-iranian period is characterised by – among other things – the loss of word-final syllables. this loss had a far-reaching impact on the nominal and verbal systems since it caused the loss of categories which had been expressed by suffixes. the consequences include the emergence of the so-called ergative system. ...

Latin syllable structure in typological perspective

Three parameters are considered in the typology of Latin syllable structure: 1) phonotaxis of syllable structure, 2) correspondence of syllable structure with morpheme structure, 3) syllable structure processes. With respect to these parameters, Latin may be characterized as follows: 1. Latin allows moderate complexity of the onset, which, during its history, gets further reduced. Similarly, co...