Table of Contents

1: Linguistic typology: An introductory overview
Part I Foundations: Theory and method
2: Unity and diversity in the world's languages
3: Typological analysis
4: Linguistic typology and other theoretical approaches
5: Language samples and sampling methods
6: Data collection: Sources, issues and problem
7: Typological asymmetry: Economy, iconicity, and frequency
8: Categories, prototypes, and semantic maps
Part II Empirical dimensions
9: Phonological typology
10: Basic word order
11: Case alignment
12: Grammatical relations
13: Valency-manipulating operations
14: Person marking
15: Evidentiality marking

About the Author

Jae Jung Song was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Otago. His research interests included linguistic typology, Korean linguistics, Oceanic linguistics, and language policy. He is the author of Linguistic Typology: Morphology and Syntax (Longman, 2001), The Korean Language: Structure, Use and Context (Routledge, 2005), and Word Order (CUP, 2012), and the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Typology (OUP, 2010;
paperback 2013). He has held visiting appointments with Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig) and La Trobe University (Melbourne).

Reviews

Jae Jung Song covers a great variety of topics, both related to theoretical (such as explanation in typology and sampling of languages) and empirical aspects (such as phonological typology and case marking) of the field, which is the best way to present it to readers. The book is a brilliant testament to the authors 25 years of teaching and research in linguistic typology.
*Seppo Kittilä, University of Helsinki*