Martin Haspelmath

Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
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Curriculum Vitae
Publications & Presentations
About me
I am a comparative linguist who studies the diversity of the world's grammatical and lexical systems and tries to understand what is universal about them. I am best known for coediting the "World atlas of language structures" (2005/2013), and as a co-founder of "Language Science Press". I am also an honorary (adjunct) professor at Leipzig University.

Curriculum Vitae
since 2020 | Senior research scientist at DLCE (MPI-EVA) |
2015-2020 | Senior research scientist at DLCE (MPI-SHH Jena), ERC project leader at Leipzig University |
1998-2015 | Senior research scientist at the Department of Linguistics (MPI-EVA Leipzig) |
1994-1996 | Assistant professor, Freie Universität Berlin |
1990-1993 | PhD in linguistics, Freie Universität Berlin |
1985-1989 | MA in linguistics, University of Cologne and University at Buffalo |
1983-1985 | Undergraduate student of linguistics, University of Vienna |
Publications & Presentations
Haspelmath, M. (2021). Explaining grammatical coding asymmetries: Form–frequency correspondences and predictability. Journal of Linguistics, 57(3), 605-633. |
Haspelmath, M. (2020). Human linguisticality and the building blocks of languages. Frontiers in Psychology, 10: 3056. |
Haspelmath, M. (2016). Universals of causative and anticausative verb formation and the spontaneity scale. Lingua Posnaniensis, 58(2), 33-63. |
Dryer, M. S., & Haspelmath, M. ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., Maurer, P., Haspelmath, M., & Huber, M. ( |
2021
Haspelmath, M. (2021). Explaining grammatical coding asymmetries: Form–frequency correspondences and predictability. Journal of Linguistics, 57(3), 605-633. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2021). General linguistics must be based on universals (or non-conventional aspects of language). Theoretical Linguistics, 47(1-2), 1-31. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2021). How to tear down the walls that separate linguists: Continuing the quest for clarity about general linguistics. Theoretical Linguistics, 47(1-2), 137-154. |
2020
Haspelmath, M. (2020). The morph as a minimal linguistic form. Morphology, 30(2), 117-134. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2020). Human linguisticality and the building blocks of languages. Frontiers in Psychology, 10: 3056. |
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Michaelis, S., & Haspelmath, M. (2020). Grammaticalization in Creole languages: Accelerated functionalization and semantic imitation. In W. Bisang, & A. L. Malchukov ( |
2019
Haspelmath, M. (2019). Ergativity and depth of analysis. Rhema, 2019(4), 108-130. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2019). Differential place marking and differential object marking. Language Typology and Universals, 72(3), 313-334. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2019). Can cross-linguistic regularities be explained by constraints on change? In K. Schmidtke-Bode, N. Levshina, S. M. Michaelis, & I. A. Seržant ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2019). Indexing and flagging, and head and dependent marking. Te Reo, 62(1), 93-115. |
2018
Haspelmath, M. (2018). Revisiting the anasynthetic spiral. In H. Narrog, & B. Heine ( |
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Forkel, R., List, J.-M., Greenhill, S. J., Rzymski, C., Bank, S., Cysouw, M., Hammarström, H., Haspelmath, M., Kaiping, G. A., & Gray, R. D. (2018). Cross-Linguistic Data Formats, advancing data sharing and re-use in comparative linguistics. Scientific Data, 5: 180205. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2018). The last word on polysynthesis: A review article. Linguistic Typology, 22, 307-326. |
2017
Haspelmath, M. (2017). Explaining alienability contrasts in adpossessive constructions: Predictability vs. iconicity. Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, 36(2), 193-231. |
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Haspelmath, M., & Karjus, A. (2017). Explaining asymmetries in number marking: Singulatives, pluratives, and usage frequency. Linguistics, 55(6), 1213-1235. |
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Blasi, D. E., Michaelis, S., & Haspelmath, M. (2017). Grammars are robustly transmitted even during the emergence of Creole languages. Nature Human Behaviour, 1, 723-729. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2017). Some principles for language names. Language Documentation and Conservation, 11, 81-93. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24725. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2017). An interview on linguistic variation with Martin Haspelmath. Isogloss: A journal on variation of Romance and Iberian languages studies, 3, 99-102. |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. (2017). Analytic and synthetic: Typological change in varieties of European languages. In I. Buchstaller, & B. Siebenhaar ( |
2016
Haspelmath, M. (2016). Universals of causative and anticausative verb formation and the spontaneity scale. Lingua Posnaniensis, 58(2), 33-63. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2016). The challenge of making language description and comparison mutually beneficial. Linguistic Typology, 20(2), 299-303. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2016). The serial verb construction: Comparative concept and cross-linguistic eneralizations. Language and Linguistics, 17(3), 291-319. |
2015
Comrie, B., Hartmann, I., Haspelmath, M., Malchukov, A., & Wichmann, S. (2015). Introduction. In B. Comrie, & A. Malchukov ( |
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Grossman, E., & Haspelmath, M. (2015). The Leipzig-Jerusalem transliteration of Coptic. In E. Grossman, M. Haspelmath, & T. S. Richter ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2015). A grammatical overview of Egyptian and Coptic. In E. Grossman, M. Haspelmath, & T. S. Richter ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2015). Descriptive scales versus comparative scales. In I. Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, A. L. Malchukov, & M. D. Richards ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2015). Ditransitive constructions. Annual Review of Linguistics, 1, 19-41. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2015). The three adnominal possessive constructions in Egyptian-Coptic: Three degrees of grammaticalization. In E. Grossman, M. Haspelmath, & T. S. Richter ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2015). Transitivity prominence. In B. Comrie, & A. Malchukov ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Hartmann, I. (2015). Comparing verbal valency across languages. In B. Comrie, & A. Malchukov ( |
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Haspelmath, M., Grossman, E., & Richter, T. S. ( |
2014
Hartmann, I., Haspelmath, M., & Cysouw, M. (2014). Identifying semantic role clusters and alignment types via microrole coexpression tendencies. Studies in Language, 38(3), 463-484. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2014). Arguments and adjuncts as language-particular syntactic categories and as comparative concepts. Linguistic Discovery, 12(2), 3-11. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2014). Comparative syntax. In A. Carnie, Y. Sato, & D. Siddiqi ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2014). Descriptive hypothesis testing is distinct from comparative hypothesis testing: Commentary on Davis, Gillon, and Matthewson. Language, 90(4), e250-e257. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2014). On system pressure competing with economic motivation. In B. MacWhinney, A. L. Malchukov, & E. Moravcsik ( |
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Haspelmath, M., Calude, A., Spagnol, M., Narrog, H., & Bamyaci, E. (2014). Coding causal–noncausal verb alternations: A form–frequency correspondence explanation. Journal of Linguistics, 50(3), 587-625. |
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Michaelis, S., & Haspelmath, M.(2014). Ein Weltatlas der Kontaktsprachen. Retrieved from https://www.mpg.de/7770933/MPI_EVAN_JB_2014?c=8236817. |
2013
Haspelmath, M. (2013). Jezička promjena – poboljšanje ili kvarenje? Lingvazin: Magazin za jezik i književnost, 1(3), 20-22. Retrieved from http://www.izbjik.ba/index.php/publikacije/lingvazin#. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Definite articles. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Dual in independent personal pronouns. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Expletive subject of existential verb. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Expression of nominal plural meaning. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Expression of pronominal subjects. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Functions of reduplication. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Indefinite articles. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Indefinite pronouns. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Independent pronominal possessors. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Interrogative pronouns. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Marking of patient noun phrases. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Marking of possessor noun phrases. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Marking of pronominal possessors. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Negation and indefinite pronouns. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Nominal and verbal conjunction. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Occurrence of nominal plural markers. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Order of degree word and adjective. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Paralinguistic usages of clicks. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Position of definite article in the noun phrase. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Position of interrogative phrases in content questions. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Position of standard negation. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Pronoun conjunction. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Reciprocal constructions. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Reflexive constructions. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Special dependent person forms for subject and object. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Aspect markers and inchoative meaning. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Ditransitive constructions with 'give'. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Focus particle 'also'. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Inclusive–exclusive distinction in independent personal pronouns. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Instrument relative clauses. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Negative morpheme types. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Order of cardinal numeral and noun. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. M. (2013). Order of relative clause and noun. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Haspelmath, M. (2013). Object relative clauses. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Haspelmath, M. (2013). Subject relative clauses. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Haspelmath, M. (2013). The associative plural. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Haspelmath, M. (2013). Verb doubling in temporal clauses. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Haspelmath, M. (2013). Vocative markers. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., & Haspelmath, M. (2013). Want’ complement subjects. In S. M. Michaelis, P. Maurer, M. Haspelmath, & M. Huber ( |
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Michaelis, S. M., Maurer, P., Haspelmath, M., & Huber, M. ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Why open-access publication should be nonprofit—a view from the field of theoretical language science. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 7: 57. |
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Bakker, D., & Haspelmath, M. ( |
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Dryer, M. S., & Haspelmath, M. ( |
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Hartmann, I., Haspelmath, M., & Taylor, B. ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). Argument indexing: a conceptual framework for the syntax of bound person forms. In D. Bakker, & M. Haspelmath ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2013). On the cross-linguistic distribution of same-subject and different-subject 'want' complements: Economic vs. iconic motivation. SKY Journal of Linguistics, 26, 41-69. Retrieved from http://www.linguistics.fi/julkaisut/sky2013.shtml. |
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Michaelis, S. M., Maurer, P., Haspelmath, M., & Huber, M. ( |
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Michaelis, S., Maurer, P., Haspelmath, M., & Huber, M. ( |
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Nordhoff, S., Hammarström, H., Forkel, R., & Haspelmath, M. ( |
2012
Haspelmath, M. (2012). Escaping ethnocentrism in the study of word-class universals. Theoretical Linguistics, 38(1-2), 91-102. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2012). How to compare major word-classes across the world's languages. In T. Graf, D. Paperno, A. Szabolcsi, & J. Tellings ( |
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Tadmor, U., Haspelmath, M., & Taylor, B. (2012). Borrowability and the notion of basic vocabulary. In S. Wichmann, & A. P. Grant ( |
2011
Haspelmath, M. (2011). On S, A, P, T, and R as comparative concepts for alignment typology. Linguistic Typology, 15, 535-567. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2011). The gradual coalescence into "words" in grammaticalization. In H. Narrog ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2011). The indeterminacy of word segmentation and the nature of morphology and syntax. Folia Linguistica, 45(1), 31-80. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2011). The language system is abstract but cannot be understood without its social functions. Theoretical Linguistics, 37(1-2), 45-50. |
2010
Atoyebi, J., Haspelmath, M., & Malchukov, A. (2010). Ditransitive constructions in Yorùbá. In Andrej Malchukov; Martin Haspelmath; Bernard Comrie ( |
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Comrie, B., Haspelmath, M., & Malchukov, A. L. (2010). Questionnaire on ditransitive constructions. In A. L. Malchukov, M. Haspelmath, & B. Comrie ( |
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Cysouw, M., Haspelmath, M., & Malchukov, A. (2010). Introduction to the Special Issue "Semantic Maps: Methods and Applications". Semantic Maps: Methods and Applications, 1-3. |
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Cysouw, M., Malchukov, A., & Haspelmath, M. ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2010). Comparative concepts and descriptive categories in crosslinguistic studies. Language, 86(3), 663-687. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2010). Framework-free grammatical theory. In Bernd Heine, Heiko Narrog ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2010). The Behaviour-before-Coding Principle in syntactic change. In Floricic, Franck ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2010). The interplay between comparative concepts and descriptive categories (Reply to Newmeyer). Language, 86(3), 696-699. |
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Haspelmath, M., & Sims, A. D. (2010). Understanding morphology (2nd ed.). London: Hodder Education. |
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Malchukov, A. L., Haspelmath, M., & Comrie, B. (2010). Studies in ditransitive constructions: a comparative handbook. Berlin: De Gruyter. |
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Malchukov, A. L., Haspelmath, M., & Comrie, B. (2010). Ditransitive constructions: a typological overview. In Andrej Malchukov; Martin Haspelmath; Bernard Comrie ( |
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Tadmor, U., Haspelmath, M., & Taylor, B. (2010). Borrowability and the notion of basic vocabulary. Diachronica, 27(2), 226-246. |
2009
Haspelmath, M. (2009). An empirical Test of the Agglutination Hypothesis. In Sergio Scalise; Elisabetta Magni; Antonietta Bisetto ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2009). Lexical borrowing: Concepts and issues. In ed. by Martin Haspelmath; Uri Tadmor ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2009). Terminology of Case. In Andrej Malchukov; Andrew Spencer ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2009). The best-supported language universals refer to scalar patterns deriving from processing cost. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32(5), 457-458. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2009). The loanword typology project and the world loanword database. In Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2009). The typological database of the World Atlas of Language Structures. In Martin Everaert & Simon Musgrave ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2009). Welche Fragen können wir mit herkömmlichen Daten beantworten? Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, 28(1), 157-162. |
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Haspelmath, M., & Tadmor, U. ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & Tadmor, U. ( |
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Haspelmath, M.(2009). Wörter mit Migrationshintergrund. Retrieved from https://www.mpg.de/385215/forschungsSchwerpunkt?c=166446. |
2008
Haspelmath, M. (2008). A Frequentist Explanation of Some Universals of Reflexive Marking. Linguistic Discovery, 6(1), 40-63. Retrieved from http://journals.dartmouth.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Journals.woa/2/xmlpage/1/document/633. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2008). Book Review: Person, by Anna Siewierska. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004. Pp. xx, 327. ISBN 0521776694. Language, 84(1), 206-209. Retrieved from http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/language/v084/84.1haspelmath.pdf. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2008). Creating Economical Morphosyntactic Patterns in Language Change. In Jeff Good ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2008). Descriptive scales versus comparative scales. In Marc Richards & Andrej L. Malchukov ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2008). Ditransitive constructions: Towards a new Role and Reference Grammar account? In Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2008). Frequency vs. iconicity in explaining grammatical asymmetries. Cognitive Linguistics, 19(1), 1-33. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2008). Loanword typology: Steps toward a systematic crosslinguistic study of lexical borrowability. In Thomas Stolz, Dik Bakker & Rosa Salas Palomo ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2008). Parametric versus functional explanations of syntactic universals. In Theresa Biberauer ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2008). Reply to Haiman and Croft. Cognitive Linguistics, 19(1), 59-66. |
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Haspelmath, M., & Michaelis, S. (2008). Leipzig fourmille de typologues: Genitive objects in comparison. In Greville G. Corbett and Michael Noonan ( |
2007
Haspelmath, M. (2007). Coordination. In Shopen, Timothy ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2007). Ditransitive alignment splits and inverse alignment. Functions of Language, 14(1), 79-102. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2007). Further remarks on reciprocal constructions. In Vladimir P. Nedjalkov ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2007). Pre-established categories don't exist: Consequences for language description and typology. Linguistic Typology, 11(1), 119-132. |
2006
Haspelmath, M. (2006). Book Review: Preferred argument structure: Grammar as architecture for function. Ed. by JOHN W. DU BOIS, LORRAINE E. KUMPF, and WILLIAM J. ASHBY. (Studies in discourse and grammar 14.) Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2003. ISBN 1588113698. $156 (Hb). Language, 82(4), 908-912. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2006). Against markedness (and what to replace it with). Journal of Linguistics, 42(1), 25-70. |
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Haspelmath, M., & Siegmund, S. (2006). Simulating the replication of some of Greenberg's word order generalizations. Linguistic Typology, 10(1), 74-82. |
2005
Haspelmath, M., Dryer, M. S., Gil, D., & Comrie, B. ( |
2004
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Haspelmath, M. (2004). Author´s response. Studies in Language, 28(3), 584-586. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2004). Coordinating constructions: an overview. In Haspelmath, Martin ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2004). Does linguistic explanation presuppose linguistic description? Studies in Language, 28(3), 554-579. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2004). Explaining the Ditransitive Person-Role Constraint: a usagebased account. Constructions, 2, 1-71. Retrieved from http://www.dipp.nrw.de/constructions/articles/35/DPRC0102-moddoulos.rtf.pdf. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2004). How hopeless is genealogical linguistics, and how advanced is areal linguistics? A review article of Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. & Dixon, R.M.W. (ed.) 2001. Areal diffusion and genetic inheritance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Studies in Language, 28(1), 209-223. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2004). On directionality in language change with particular reference to grammaticalization. In Olga Fischer, Muriel Norde and Harry Perridon ( |
2003
Michaelis, S., & Haspelmath, M. (2003). Ditransitive constructions: creole languages in a cross-linguistic perspective. Creolica. Retrieved from http://www.creolica.net/. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2003). Book Notice of: Sinha, Jasmin. 2000. Der neuostaramäische Dialekt von Bespen (Provinz Mardin, Südosttürkei): Eine grammatische Darstellung. Studies in Language, 27(3), 714-715. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2003). The geometry of grammatical meaning: Semantic maps and cross-linguistic comparison. New Psychology of Language, 2, 211-242. |
2002
Haspelmath, M. (2002). Understanding morphology. London: Arnold. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2002). Grammatikalisierung: von der Performanz zur Kompetenz ohne angeborene Grammatik. In Krämer, Sybille; König, Ekkehard ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2002). On understanding word order asymmetries: Comments on John A. Hawkins "Symmetries and asymmetries: their grammar, typology and parsing". Theoretical Linguistics, 28, 159-170. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2002). Warum ist Grammatik so, wie sie ist? In Müller, Horst M. ( |
2001
Comrie, B., & Haspelmath, M. (2001). Die Bibliothek von Babel. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2001). Non-canonical marking of core arguments in European languages. In A. Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon, & M. Onishi ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2001). The European linguistic area: Standard Average European. In Martin Haspelmath ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2001). Word classes/parts of speech. In P. B. Baltes, & N. J. Smelser ( |
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Haspelmath, M., König, E., Oesterreicher, W., & Raible, W. (2001). Language typology and language universals: An international handbook. Berlin: de Gruyter. |
2000
Haspelmath, M. (2000). Converb. In K. Brown, & J. Miller ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2000). Optimality and diachronic adaptation. Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, 18, 180-205. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2000). Periphrasis, symphrasis, and morphosyntactic blocking. In V. J. Gusev ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2000). Periphrasis. In G. E. Booij, C. Lehmann, & J. Mugdan ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (2000). Some issues concerning optimality and diachronic adaptation (author's response to open peer commentary). Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, 18, 251-68. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2000). The relevance of extravagance: A reply to Bart Geurts. Linguistics, 38, 789-98. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2000). Why is grammaticalization irreversible? Linguistics, 37, 1043-68. |
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Haspelmath, M., & Caruana, S. (2000). Subject diffuseness in Maltese: On some subject properties of experiential verbs. Folia Linguistica, 34(3-4), 245-265. |
1999
Haspelmath, M. (1999). Explaining article-possessor complementarity: economic motivation in noun phrase syntax. Language, 75, 227-43. |
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Haspelmath, M. (1999). External possession in a European areal perspective. In D. L. Payne, & I. Barshi ( |
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Haspelmath, M. (1999). Long distance agreement in Godoberi (Daghestanian) complement clauses. Folia Linguistica, 33, 131-151. |
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Haspelmath, M., & König, E. (1999). Der europäische Sprachbund - ein Schritt in die Zukunft. In N. Reiter ( |
1998
Haspelmath, M. (1998). Does grammaticalization need reanalysis? Studies in Language, 22, 49-85. |
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Haspelmath, M. (1998). How young is Standard Average European? Language Sciences, 20, 271-287. |
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Haspelmath, M. (1998). The semantic development of old presents: New futures and subjunctives without grammaticalization. Diachronica, 15, 29-62. |
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Haspelmath, M., & Buchholz, O. (1998). Equative and similative constructions in the languages of Europe. In J. v. d. Auwera ( |
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Haspelmath, M., & König, E. (1998). Concessive conditionals in the languages of Europe. In J. v. d. Auwera ( |
2021
Haspelmath, M. (2021). Explaining diverse language structures from convergent evolution of linguistic conventions. Talk presented at Birmingham Lectures. Birmingham. 2021-03-09. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2021). From community competition to complementarity in general linguistics: The eight complementary why questions. Talk presented at XIV Congreso Internacional de Lingüística General. Sevilla. 2021-06-23. |
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Haspelmath, M. (2021). Structural, evolutionary and biocognitive explanations are mutually compatible. Talk presented at Center of Linguistic Sciences of Beijing Normal University. Beijing. 2021-04-30. |