Typological Database of the Negative Structures and Question Structures of the World's Languages

Typological Database of the Negative Structures and Question Structures of the World's Languages

Description

This resource consists of a typological database and accompanying textfiles with additional notes. The database contains information on standard negation structures in a sample of 297 languages from different parts of the world. Standard negation here refers to the negation of declarative main clauses with a verbal predicate. Furthermore, there is information on other aspects of negation as well as on polar interrogatives (yes/no questions). The polar interrogatives sample comprises approximately 200 languages at present, and since it overlaps only partially with the sample on standard negation, the database contains coded data from almost 400 languages.
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Year of publication

2018

Authors

University of Helsinki

Matti Miestamo - Creator, Curator

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Fields of science

Languages

Language

Multiple languages

Open access

Restricted access

License

Under negotiation
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