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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I disagree. I have recently argued that the systematic absence
of so-called contact languages - except for a token here and there - from
typological databases such as WALS detracts from the goals and achievements of
linguistic typology. See my 2010 columns on this topic in JPCL.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> <br>
Silvia Kouwenberg<br>
Department of Language, Linguistics & Philosophy<br>
University of the West Indies<br>
Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Discussion List for
ALT [mailto:LINGTYP@listserv.linguistlist.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joseph T.
Farquharson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 03, 2011 7:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> LINGTYP@listserv.linguistlist.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Languages considered in typologcial research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The World Atlas of Language
Structures (WALS) is making this increasingly possible. <br>
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However, it should be noted that absence from WALS might just mean that the
typologist could not access the sources, or the language has the feature but it
just has not been noticed or described yet. <br>
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I suspect that for a very long time to come presence in typological work will
be more informative than absence.<br>
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Joseph<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On 3 December 2011 19:27, Colin Masica <<a
href="mailto:dacotah@mwt.net">dacotah@mwt.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Dec 3, 2011, at 12:08 PM, E. Bashir wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>Not a silly question at all, I think. Such statistics would
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Wolfgang
Schulze <<a href="mailto:W.Schulze@LRZ.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE" target="_blank">W.Schulze@LRZ.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:LINGTYP@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG" target="_blank">LINGTYP@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG</a>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 3, 2011 11:42 AM<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Dear
friends,<br>
just a short (and maybe silly?) question: Is anybody aware of some kind of
statistics that considers to which extent the individual languages of the world
are dealt with in the typological literature? It would be interesting to see
where (and why !) there are both lacunae and statistic 'peaks'. The issue could
be refined if one includes the classical linguistics domains such as phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics etc. Such a "World Atlas of Linguistics
Data" (just to give it a name) would not only help motivating researchers
to fill up lacunae, but also help understanding what the reasons may be for
certain preferences...<br>
Best wishes,<br>
Wolfgang<br>
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<b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Joseph T.
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