Databases
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Anaphora Typology Database
The Anaphora Typology project (Utrecht University) is surveying the binding properties of reflexives and reciprocals, referred
to collectively as 'local coreference strategies'. This database is focused on reflexives, although some information is also
provided on pronouns and reciprocals. It contains glossed example sentences (grammatical or ungrammatical) in a variety of
syntactic configurations. A limited number of languages are examined in detail. Only a few languages and properties are currently
in the system.
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Alexis Dimitriadis |
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Alexis Dimitriadis |
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Martin Everaert |
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Eric Reuland |
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Tanya Reinhart (1943-2007) |
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http://languagelink.let.uu.nl/anatyp/ |
Free Personal Pronoun System
The FPPS is the web interface for the database of free personal pronoun systems
Graz Database on Reduplication
The Graz Database on Reduplication provides access to data on reduplication in the world's languages. The collected examples
are described phonologically, morphologically and semantically, together with information on productivity and diachrony.
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Veronika Mattes |
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Ursula Stangel |
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Veronika Mattes |
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Motomi Kajitani |
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Bernard Hurch |
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Angela Fessl |
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Ursula Stangel |
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http://ling.uni-graz.at/reduplication/ |
Person Agreement Database
The Person Agreement Database (PAD) contains analytical (language-level) data for over 400 languages of the world on person
agreement and some related areas such as word order. The information is coded in terms of over 250 variables. For a subset
of these, citations to relevant pages in reference grammars are given.
Smith's Phoneme INventories
Smith's Phoneme INventory is a collection of phoneme
inventories and lexical tones in 111 languages. Digitized by the TDS project.
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Norval Smith |
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Norval Smith |
Stress Typology Database
The Stress Typology Database (StressTyp) contains information on the metrical (stress) systems of 500 languages, based on
grammars and theoretical works. Notions covered include rule-based stress, lexical stress, extrametricality, foot types, etc.
Syllable Typology Database
The Syllable Typology Database (SylTyp) contains information on syllable structures. Restrictions and rules concerning possible
syllabic structures are provided, as well as information pertaining to the length and content of these structures.
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Harry van der Hulst |
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Rob Goedemans |
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Harry van der Hulst |
Topic Focus Database
The Topic-Focus Database gives information about the ways in which languages give formal expression to information-structural
categories such as Topic, Focus and Contrast, and their many subtypes. Expression strategies considered include syntactic,
morphological and prosodic means of indicating the informational status of a constituent. A further parameter considered
concerns the nature of the targeted constituent.
Typological Database Amsterdam
The Typological Database Amsterdam (TDA) focuses on the basic word order and constituent order systems of various languages.
Information classifying the parts-of-speech system of these languages is also provided.
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Kees Hengeveld |
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Kees Hengeveld |
Typological Database Nijmegen
The Typological Database Nijmegen (TDN) contains analytical (language level) information on a variety of topics, including:
basic word order, intransitive predication, case marking, temporal sequencing, relative clause information, comparatives,
possessive constructions, verbal morphology, tense/aspect, noun phrase coordination, manner adverb encoding, verbal derivation.
The number of languages varies from topic to topic, with a minimum of 140 for all topics, and a maximum of 410 for some.
Typological Database of Intensifiers and Reflexives
The Typological Database of Intensifiers and Reflexives (TDIR) provides information on intensifiers and reflexives as well
as on some related domains of grammar such as the middle voice and scalar focus particles. Its focus is on accurate language
description and documentation ('grammar fragments'). The data have been obtained from both native speaker consultation (primary
data) and literature on the relevant topics and languages (secondary data). For secondary data, sources and references are
generally indicated. The database contains information on more than a hundred languages, including approximately 600 examples.
The sample is not balanced genetically or areally.
UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database
The UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database (UPSID) is a collection of phoneme inventories from 451 languages. Features
such as manner, place, length, phonation type and secondary articulation are included.
World Color Survey (summary)
Mapping of color categories onto basic color terms