[Lingtyp] announcing Grammaticon 1.0 (database of comparative-concepts terms)

[Martin Haspelmath]

Dear typologists,

I'd like to announce the online publication of a new database of 
grammatical terms with comparative-concept definitions and links to 
related resources:

*Haspelmath, Martin & Englisch, Johannes (eds.). 2026. Grammaticon 1.0. 
Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. 
(https://grammaticon.clld.org/)*

In addition to over 500 terms and their definitions 
(https://grammaticon.clld.org/concepts), the Grammaticon lists hundreds 
of typological features from online databases such as Grambank and WALS 
(https://grammaticon.clld.org/features), providing links between these 
features and the Grammaticon concepts. When the terms or definitions are 
different, the Grammaticon comments on these differences (see the last 
column in this table: https://grammaticon.clld.org/features)

The intention is to update the Grammaticon regularly, so I welcome comments!

A major inspiration for the Grammaticon was Johann-Mattis List's 
Concepticon (https://concepticon.clld.org/, now with seven co-authors). 
At about the same time, Bill Croft has been working on a database of 
comparative concepts that is now available online as well: 
https://comparative-concepts.github.io/cc-database/cc-database.html – on 
the Grammaticon site, there are systematic links to Croft's definitions.

For more explanation of the background (including the notion of 
"retro-definition"), see https://grammaticon.clld.org/about.

Best,

Martin

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Martin Haspelmath
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
D-04103 Leipzig
https://www.eva.mpg.de/linguistic-and-cultural-evolution/staff/martin-haspelmath/
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