基本説明
世界中の言語の構造的特徴を色鮮やかなカラーアトラスで図示する、目で見る言語百科。言語類型論の第一人者バーナード・コムリー教授ら独マックスプランク進化人類学研究所のメンバーを中心に編まれた本書に収められた142点の世界地図・地域地図は、全てフルカラー！世界地図一点あたり平均400もの言語を表示。各言語につき世界各地の50人以上の専門家が、音韻論（母音の数など）・形態論（複数形など）・名詞範疇（ジェンダー・身体部位用語など）・名詞統語論・動詞範疇・語順・単文・複文・語彙・手話・その他の特徴を網羅。加えて、冊子体のデータを全て収録、地図の拡大やカスタマイズ、照合などの各種機能が組み込まれたCD-ROMもセット。人類の言語の差異と多様性を探究するあらゆる研究に必備のレファレンス。
Full Description
The World Atlas of Language Structures is a book and CD combination displaying the structural properties of the world's languages. 142 world maps and numerous regional maps - all in colour - display the geographical distribution of features of pronunciation and grammar, such as number of vowels, tone systems, gender, plurals, tense, word order, and body part terminology. Each world map shows an average of 400 languages and is accompanied by a fullyreferenced description of the structural feature in question. The CD provides an interactive electronic version of the database which allows the reader to zoom in on or customize the maps, to display bibliographical sources, and to establish correlations between features. The book and the CD together provide an indispensable source of information for linguists and others seeking to understand human languages. The Atlas will be especially valuable for linguistic typologists, grammatical theorists, historical and comparative linguists, and for those studying a region such as Africa, Southeast Asia, North America, Australia, and Europe. It will also interest anthropologists and geographers. More than fifty authors from many different countries have collaborated to produce a work that sets new standards in comparative linguistics. No institution involved in language research can afford to bewithout it.
Contents
I INTRODUCTION; II THE MAPY AND ACCOMPANYING TEXTS; III REFERENCE MATERIAL; INDEX; CV
