Linguistic typology is an all-embracing discipline central for inductively-based cross-linguistic generalizations, supported by language facts. Firsthand investigation of previously undescribed languages from regions known for their linguistic diversity helps expand our knowledge about the nature of language and the parameters of cross-linguistic variation. We explore the options of marking commands in a non-main clause and the issue of associative non-singular number in Yalaku and in Manambu (from Papua New Guinea), before turning to nominal aspect and non-propositional evidentiality (exemplified with Tariana and Jarawara, from Brazilian Amazonia). Previously undescribed languages help typologists expand and test our analytic frameworks

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实践中的语言类型学：如何了解更多


语言类型学是一门包罗万象的学科，其核心是基于归纳的跨语言概括，并得到语言事实的支持。对来自以其语言多样性而闻名的地区的先前未描述的语言进行第一手调查有助于扩展我们对语言本质和跨语言变异参数的了解。我们探讨了在非主句中标记命令的选项以及 Yalaku 和 Manambu（来自巴布亚新几内亚）中的关联非单数问题，然后转向名义体和非命题证据性（以 Tariana 和 Jarawara 为例） ，来自巴西亚马逊）。以前未描述的语言帮助类型学家扩展和测试我们的分析框架