Winfred P. Lehmann, Director :: PCL 5.112, 1 University Station S5490 :: Austin, TX 78712 :: 512-471-4566
Language Systems Indices
Indo-European Typology Project
Citation Record
Lehmann, Winfred P. 1991. The Importance of Models in Historical Linguistics. Language Typology 1988.Typological Models in Reconstruction. Eds. W.P. Lehmann and Helen-Jo Jakusz Hewitt. Amsterdam: Benjamins. Pp. 1-10.
CONTENT WORDS
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY
- auxiliary
- dual [elliptical]
- mood
- number [dual]
- tense [vs. aspect]
- voice
- voice [active vs. passive]
- voice [medio-passive]
LANGUAGE RECONSTRUCTION
LANGUAGE TYPE
- accusative languages
- active languages
- ergative languages
- verb-final languages
- verb-initial languages
LANGUAGES
METHODS, APPROACHES, AND HYPOTHESES
MORPHOLOGY
PARTS OF SPEECH
- adposition
- demonstrative
- demonstrative [active-stative distinction]
- pronoun [exclusive vs. inclusive]
- verb [periphrastic]
SYNTAX