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Some Language-particular Terms Are Comparative Concepts by David Beck is a Arts and Humanities article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Some Language-particular Terms Are Comparative Concepts about?
Haspelmath (2010) draws a categorial distinction between languageparticular termsterms used in the description of specific languagesand comparative conceptsterms used for crosslinguistic comparison. This seems like a valid distinction for a lot of terminology, but it is also true that there are "portable" terms that are suitable both for the description of specific languages and for crosslinguistic comparison. This descriptive metalanguage is analogous to the descriptive vocabulary employed in other observational sciences, and its elaboration is an important enterprise for both descriptivist and comparative linguists.
Who reads Some Language-particular Terms Are Comparative Concepts?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Arts and Humanities.
- Author
- David Beck
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)