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Typological Comparison

Typological Comparison is a methodological approach within comparative linguistics that classifies and analyzes languages according to their structural features to identify cross-linguistic patterns and universal tendencies.

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The myth of language universals: Language diversity and its importance for cognitive science

Nicholas Evans, Stephen C. Levinson · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 2009 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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<b>The encyclopedia of language and linguistics</b> . Editor-in-Chief: R. E. Asher, Co-ordinating Editor: J. M. Y. Simpson Oxford &amp; New York: Pergamon Press, 1994. 10 volumes. Pp. xlvii, 5644. $2975.00.

Bernard Comrie · Language · 1995 · 1.4K citations

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<b>Japanese/Korean linguistics, vol. 5.</b> Ed. by Noriko Akatsuka, Shoichi Iwasaki, and Susan Strauss. Stanford: CSLI Publications, 1996. Pp. xii, 446.

Kyunghwan Kim · Language · 1999 · 1.4K citations

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Comparative concepts and descriptive categories in crosslinguistic studies

Martín Haspelmath · Language · 2010 · 1K citations

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The worlds simplest grammars are creole grammars

John H. McWhorter · Linguistic Typology · 2001 · 683 citations

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    Martín Haspelmath

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    7 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. MS
    Matthew S. Dryer

    University at Buffalo, State University of New York, United States

    6 publications · 364 citations

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  3. LF
    Luna Filipović

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 318 citations

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  4. MC
    Michael Cysouw

    Max Planck Society, Germany

    5 publications · 317 citations

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    Bernhard Wälchli

    Max Planck Society, Germany

    4 publications · 266 citations

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  1. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    18 h-index

    31 publications

    5.1K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    15 h-index

    21 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    14 h-index

    30 publications

    9.9K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    672 citations

  5. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    611 citations

  6. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    469 citations

  7. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    532 citations

  8. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    3.2K citations

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  1. Linguistic Typology

    36 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Language

    23 publications · 7.5K citations

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  3. Linguistics

    17 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. Folia Linguistica

    11 publications · 809 citations

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  5. Language Typology and Universals

    9 publications · 356 citations

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