All Stories

  1. The structural uniqueness of languages and the value of comparison for language description

    Article • Asian Languages and Linguistics, December 2020, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  2. Differential place marking and differential object marking

    Article • Language Typology and Universals, September 2019, De Gruyter

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  3. The last word on polysynthesis: A review article

    Article • Linguistic Typology, August 2018, De Gruyter

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  4. Baker, Mark. 2015. Case

    Article • Studies in Language, June 2018, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  5. Explaining alienability contrasts in adpossessive constructions: Predictability vs. iconicity

    Article • Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, November 2017, De Gruyter

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  6. The indeterminacy of word segmentation and the nature of morphology and syntax

    Article • Folia Linguistica, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  7. Explaining asymmetries in number marking: Singulatives, pluratives, and usage frequency

    Article • Linguistics, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Professor Martin Haspelmath, Andres Karjus

  8. The challenge of making language description and comparison mutually beneficial

    Article • Linguistic Typology, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  9. Ditransitive Constructions

    Article • Annual Review of Linguistics, January 2015, Annual Reviews

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  10. Identifying semantic role clusters and alignment types via microrole coexpression tendencies

    Article • Studies in Language, September 2014, John Benjamins

    Michael Cysouw, Professor Martin Haspelmath

  11. Borrowability and the notion of basic vocabulary

    Article • Diachronica, October 2010, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor

  12. Ditransitive alignment splits and inverse alignment

    Article • Functions of Language, March 2007, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  13. Does linguistic explanation presuppose linguistic description?

    Article • Studies in Language, September 2004, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  14. Author’s response

    Article • Studies in Language, September 2004, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  15. Coordinating Constructions

    Article • July 2004, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  16. Review of Aikhenvald & Dixon (2001): Areal diffusion and genetic inheritance

    Article • Studies in Language, May 2004, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  17. Book notice: “Der neuostaramäische Dialekt von Bēṣpən (Provinz Mardin, Südosttürkei): Eine grammatische Darstellung” by Sinha, Jasmin

    Article • Studies in Language, November 2003, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  18. Book notice: “Sprache in Raum und Zeit: In memoriam Johannes Bechert” by Boeder, Winfried & Schroeder, Christoph & Wagner, Karl Heinz & Wildgen, Wolfgang

    Article • Studies in Language, December 2000, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  19. Sintassi storica: Atti del XXX Congresso Internazionale délia Società di Linguistica Italiana. Ed. by Paolo Ramat & Elisa Roma

    Article • Diachronica, August 1999, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  20. The Semantic Development of Old Presents

    Article • Diachronica, January 1998, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  21. Does Grammaticalization Need Reanalysis?

    Article • Studies in Language, January 1998, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  22. Lazard, Gilbert. L'actance

    Article • Studies in Language, January 1996, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  23. Review of Nedjalkov (1988): Typology of resultative constructions

    Article • Studies in Language, January 1992, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  24. Review of Xrakovskij (1989): Tipologija iterativnyx konstrukcij

    Article • Studies in Language, January 1991, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  25. The Grammaticization of Passive Morphology

    Article • Studies in Language, January 1990, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath

  26. Review of Lehmann (1986): Language typology 1985. Papers from the Linguistic Typology Symposium, Moscow, 9-13 December 1985

    Article • Studies in Language, January 1989, John Benjamins

    Professor Martin Haspelmath