All languages have demonstratives, but their form, meaning and use vary tremendously across the languages of the world. This book presents the first large- scale analysis of demonstratives from a cross-linguistic and diachronic perspective. The first part of the book analyzes demonstratives from a synchronic point of view, examining their morphological structures, semantic features, syntactic functions, and pragmatic uses in spoken and written discourse. The second part concentrates on diachronic issues, in particular on the development of demonstratives into grammatical markers. Across languages demonstratives provide a frequent historical source for definite articles, relative and third person pronouns, nonverbal copulas, sentence connectives, directional preverbs, focus markers, expletives, and many other grammatical markers. The book describes the different mechanisms by which demonstratives grammaticalize and argues that the evolution of grammatical markers from demonstratives is crucially distinct from other cases of grammaticalization.

How are relationships established between the world's languages? This is one of the most topical and most controversial questions in contemporary linguistics. The central aims of this 2008 book are to answer this question, to cut through the controversies, and to contribute to research in distant genetic relationships. In doing this the authors aim to: (1) show how the methods have been employed; (2) reveal which methods, techniques, and strategies have proven successful and which ones have proven ineffective; (3) determine how particular language families were established; (4) evaluate several of the most prominent and more controversial proposals of distant genetic relationship (such as Amerind, Nostratic, Eurasiatic, Proto-World, and others); and (5) make recommendations for practice in future research. This book will contribute significantly to understanding language classification in general.

Comparison across formal languages is an essential part of formal linguistics. The study of closely-related varieties has proven extremely useful in comparing differences that might otherwise appear unrealted, and has helped to identify the core principles of Universal Grammar. This comprehensive handbook serves two functions. It will provide a general and theoretical introduction to comparative syntax, its methodology, and its relation to other domains of linguistic inquiry; and it will provide a systematic selection of the best comparative work being done today on those language groups and families where substantial progress has been achieved. With top-notch editors and contributors from around the world, this volume will be an essential resource for scholars and students in formal linguistics.

This book shows that every language has an adjective class and how such classes vary. The opening chapter considers current generalizations about the nature and classification of adjectives and sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of their variation. Thirteen chapters then explore adjective classes in languages from North, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Studies of well-known languages such as Russian, Japanese, Korean and Lao are juxtaposed with the languages of small hunter-gatherer and slash-and-burn agriculturalist groups. All are based on fine-grained field research. The nature and typology of adjective classes is then reconsidered in the conclusion. The authors reveal that the grammatical properties of the adjective class may be similar to nouns or verbs or both or neither; that some languages have two kinds of adjectives, one hard to distinguish from nouns and the other from verbs; and that the adjective class can sometimes be large and open, and in other cases small and closed. The book will interest scholars and advanced students of language typology and of the syntax and semantics of adjectives. 'Dixon's introductory chapter, "Adjectival classes in typological perspective", is clearly destined to be a classic in the field...This volume will clearly be useful to anyone interested in adjectives and the nature of linguistic categorization.' Gary Holton, Linguist List

复综语是复杂形态语言的代表和世界语言的重要类型之一，对揭示语言本质有无法取代的价值。但国内学者知之甚少，限制了对普通语言学（尤其是形态学）的深刻理解和对语言类型学、语言普遍性、语言运作机制的深入研究。汉语作为孤立语，处于形态结构简单性的上限。在与之相对的另一个极端，复综语是形态结构复杂性的上限。研究复综语的形态结构及形态复杂化、句子复杂化，有助于反观汉语及其他形态类型语言的系统运作机制，全面了解语言类型面貌，深入观察语言复杂化本质以及贯穿其中的系统运筹语法原理，推动国内语法学研究朝纵深和开阔的方向发展。《复综语：形态复杂的极端》绪论分析了复综语的界定、分布、类型、复杂度、研究现状等，第一章至第四章依次细致描写分析了楚克奇语、爱斯基摩语、鲍莱语、努特卡语的词类系统、语法标记、句法结构、逻辑结构、逻辑关系标记及其他一些特有的语法运作原理，由此分别展现了组并型、递归后缀型、模板型、词汇场型等四种复综语的内部特征。第五章结论总结分析了复综语的来源、形态学的一般原理等。

In this volume leading researchers present new work on the semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs, and their interfaces with syntax. Its concerns include the semantics of gradability; the relationship between adjectival scales and verbal aspect; the relationship between meaning and the positions of adjectives and adverbs in nominal and verbal projections; and the fine-grained semantics of different subclasses of adverbs and adverbs. Its goals are to provide a comprehensive vision of the linguistically significant structural and interpretive properties of adjectives and adverbs, to highlight the similarities between these two categories, and to signal the importance of a careful and detailed integration of lexical and compositional semantics. The editors open the book with an overview of current research before introducing and contextualizing the remaining chapters. The work is aimed at scholars and advanced students of syntax, semantics, formal pragmatics, and discourse. It will also appeal to researchers in philosophy, psycholinguistics, and language acquisition interested in the syntax and semantics of adjectives and adverbs.

在各种语法范畴中，数量范畴也许最为人所忽视，这多少是因为人们只是习惯于单数和复数这样的二元对立。然而，对于所有人类的语言而言，这仅仅是众多的可能性中的一种罢了。实际上，三种、四种、五种数的区分也并不少见。而汉语又是如何表现的？这也许仍然是一个值得探讨的问题。
本书作者收集了250种语言的相关材料，从更为宽阔的视野来分析数量范畴的可能系统，不但揭示了其表达的多样性，而且发现了各种令人意想不到的特殊功能。这一研究对于语言范畴的类型学探索具有非常重要的意义。也许可以说明语言之间的差异之丰富，比我们通常所认为的更为深远。

本书是当代国际著名的美国民俗学家斯蒂· 汤普森（1885-1970）数十年研究民间文学的一个丰硕成果。书中运用历史-地理的研究方法，对分布流传于世界各地的民间故事，进行了梳理、排列和分类序号，寻根溯源地探讨各类故事的发展演变轨迹，婆媳不同类型、不同母题故事的形成内核和它所宣示的道德观念，以期显露故事的原始面貌，为认识文化人类的民俗、宗教、巫术、道德、法律、语言、艺术以及人在社会生活中的种种心态，为了解和研究世界民间文学均提供了丰富资料。这是一部有故事素材述详，以后精到理论婆媳的富有价值的学术著作。书后附有故事类型索引和故事母题索引，可备研究者检索参考。

《汉语指示词的类型学研究》与国内常见的对汉语某一现象的专题研究不同，旨在以更具理论性的关注和更为广泛的语种和方言材料分析，重新逐一审视、检讨以指示词为主体的指示系统的各个基本概念和诸多层面，包括“指示词”、“指示代词”、“指示语素”等概念的含义和关系，指示词的句法属性，语音语义特点，语用和话语功能等等。作者凭借精密的理论思维和新鲜的语言事实，对一系列重要概念提出了更加合理，更具有语种覆盖面的新定义，同时又在新的理论框架下，完成了一系列基于跨语言材料和汉语事实的具体专题研究，初步提出了多项具有类型学价值的共性规则。

本书获第二届中国出版政府奖提名奖。
此次出版的修订本，阐述了中国古代民间故事类型的发展趋势、中国古代民间故事类型的亚型、中国古代民间故事类型中的民间故事与民间传说互换现象等，研究了各个朝代的民间故事类型。是作者多年来故事类型研究集大成之作。资料收罗宏富，论述独到精辟。必将对中国民间文学研究产生深远的影响，对于当今的非物质文化遗产保护工作也有重要的参照意义。堪为中国民间文艺学的基础著作。

《李方桂全集2:印第安语赤坡岩故事集》共有故事十八篇，如：印第安人如何教育小孩子、现在讨论鱼、最初如何发现铜、最初如何发现铁、鸦头（人名）的生活（Ⅰ，Ⅱ，Ⅲ，Ⅳ）等。

《李方桂全集10:印第安语论文集》内容简介：在中国近代学术史上，工928年傅斯年先生在中央研究院创立历史语言研究所（以下简称史语所）是一件划时代的大事，他在《历史语言研究所工作之旨趣》中说：欧洲近代的语言学是在梵文的发见影响了两种古典语学以后纔产生，正当十八十九世纪之交。

What do all languages have in common, and what gives each language its individuality? Language typology, which has developed in response to these fundamental questions, is concerned with the construction of theoretical frameworks capable of delimiting the range of possible human languages and of capturing constraints on cross-linguistic variation. Language typology is a major concern of all contemporary schools of linguistics, yet a coherent image of the field is difficult to form because of the diversity of theoretical orientations and practical methodologies. This collection brings together for the first time original contributions from major schools of typological research, from the Prague School to the Generative Grammar tradition. Leading scholars offer first-hand accounts of the theoretical foundations and substantive findings of their particular school of thought, clarifying basic assumptions which are often not explicitly stated in the literature. The collection as a whole provices both a survey of the place of individual typological schools in the historiography of the subject and a comprehensive account of the present state of language typology in an international context. It gives an overview of both the underlying unity of and the differences in the methods employed in the field.

什么是艺术？本书的回答是：艺术就是体现了人类的神话、宗教、科学、哲学、语言、技术等等文化形态的艺术表现。
过去我们对艺术的研究和探讨，有时是在美学名义下进行的, 有时是在“文艺学”的学
科名称之下进行的, 偶尔也有一些名之为“艺术哲学”的研究成果出现。
近年有了改变，共识是: 第一，美学不能完全包办代替有关艺术的学科研究。第二，“文艺学”不是文学研究, 也不是关于文学的学科探讨，或以文学为中心和典型形态的学科研究。第三，艺术的理论探讨，包括艺术哲学的内容，但包括大量的科学（狭义）的、经验的艺术研究在内。

本书是国内第一部专题性的神话母题索引类工具书。编者借鉴国际通行的汤姆森母题索引的编排结构及大林太良神话分类法，利用以往对中国神话的梳理和搜集成果，对中国广大地区和多民族中流传的神话里反复出现的主要母题进行抽绎和编排，为普通读者及中外学者认识和研究中国神话提供了一个实用而便捷的分类体系，有利于深化神话的本体研究，也为中国以及世界的神话母题比较研究提供了一个重要基础。

《汉语方言疑问范畴比较研究》分为上中下三编，主要内容包括汉语方言疑问范畴研究、汉语方言特色疑问句研究、汉语方言疑问范畴比较研究。21世纪的汉语语法研究将出现三个热点，或者说已经开始形成了三个新的增长点，那就是语义语法研究、方言语法研究以及历史语法研究。这三者分别从内部变换研究角度、共时横向延伸、历时纵向发展进行独立的或交叉的研究，从而构成一个立体的互补的汉语语法研究网络。

语言类型学研究什么？要回答这个问题，先要回答“语言学研究什么”这个问题。简单来说，语言学是研究人类语言中的要素和规则的。语言中的要素都是客观存在的，例如语音和词汇单位。语言中的规则也是客观存在的，例如构词法、句法、篇章构成的方法等等。
由金立鑫编著的《外语学术普及系列:什么是语言类型学》以问答的彤式，较为全面地介绍了语言类烈学的研究所史，现状和发展方向以及研究范嘲、研究内容、研究方法，与其他语畜学研究的关系等。