World Atlas of Language Structures
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The World Atlas of Language Structures is a large-scale, comparative database and reference work that maps structural features of languages around the world.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Atlas of Language Structures Context triple: [Martin Haspelmath, notableWork, World Atlas of Language Structures]
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A.
Foundations of Language
Foundations of Language is a major theoretical work by linguist Ray Jackendoff that proposes an integrated, cognitive-science-based account of how linguistic structure relates to meaning, perception, and the mind.
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Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
"Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
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C.
UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
The UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger is an online reference work that documents and maps endangered languages worldwide, providing information on their vitality and risk of extinction.
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D.
Methods in Structural Linguistics
Methods in Structural Linguistics is a foundational 1951 work in linguistics that systematically develops the principles and procedures of structural (distributional) analysis of language.
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E.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Atlas of Language Structures Target entity description: The World Atlas of Language Structures is a large-scale, comparative database and reference work that maps structural features of languages around the world.
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A.
Foundations of Language
Foundations of Language is a major theoretical work by linguist Ray Jackendoff that proposes an integrated, cognitive-science-based account of how linguistic structure relates to meaning, perception, and the mind.
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B.
Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
"Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
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C.
UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
The UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger is an online reference work that documents and maps endangered languages worldwide, providing information on their vitality and risk of extinction.
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D.
Methods in Structural Linguistics
Methods in Structural Linguistics is a foundational 1951 work in linguistics that systematically develops the principles and procedures of structural (distributional) analysis of language.
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E.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguistic database
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online database ⓘ reference work ⓘ typological database ⓘ |
| aim | to provide a comprehensive survey of structural properties of the world’s languages ⓘ |
| citation |
Haspelmath, Dryer, Gil & Comrie (eds.) 2005, The World Atlas of Language Structures
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linked to:
World Atlas of Language Structures
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| containsDataType |
lexical features
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morphological features ⓘ phonetic features ⓘ phonological features ⓘ syntactic features ⓘ |
| coverage | worldwide ⓘ |
| dataSource |
published grammatical descriptions
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reference grammars ⓘ |
| editor |
Bernard Comrie
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David Gil ⓘ Martin Haspelmath ⓘ Matthew S. Dryer ⓘ |
| field |
comparative linguistics
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language typology ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| focus |
cross-linguistic comparison
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language structures ⓘ structural features of languages ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
online
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print ⓘ |
| hasMapType |
feature maps
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language distribution maps ⓘ |
| hasPart |
WALS Online
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linked to:
WALS
printed atlas ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| license |
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
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linked to:
Creative Commons license
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| maintainedBy | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology ⓘ |
| methodology | feature-based coding of languages ⓘ |
| numberOfChapters | 142 ⓘ |
| numberOfFeatures | 192 ⓘ |
| numberOfLanguagesCovered | over 2600 ⓘ |
| onlineLaunchYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Max Planck Digital Library
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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology ⓘ Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| shortName | WALS ⓘ |
| subjectOf | language typology research ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cross-linguistic comparison of grammatical features
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mapping structural features of languages ⓘ statistical studies of language diversity ⓘ testing linguistic universals ⓘ |
| website | https://wals.info ⓘ |
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linked to: World Atlas of Language Structures
linked to: World Atlas of Language Structures
World Atlas of Language Structures
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citation
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Haspelmath, Dryer, Gil & Comrie (eds.) 2005, The World Atlas of Language Structures
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linked to: World Atlas of Language Structures