This is a module about language universals and linguistic typology. In it you will extend the descriptive knowledge you gained in LIN403 (Languages of the World) and learn how the descriptive ...

Linguistic typology uses many criteria to compile statistics about world language families. Humans conclusively did not evolve in North or South America, meaning everyone here arrived from elsewhere.

We encourage presentations concentrating on the description of specific grammatical structures, as well as wider discussion of the role of typology in grammar-writing. The presentations may take ...

He has held visiting professorships and guest scholarships at the University of Nice, Centre National de Recherches Scientifique, Nice Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, ...

Research focus areas in general linguistics at the University of Helsinki include Linguistic typology: the study of linguistic diversity – differences and similarities between languages – through wide ...