Typological Studies in Language

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Jean-Christophe Verstraete | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

This book series is peer reviewed and indexed in: Book Citation Index (BCI )* ; Scopus

A companion series to the journal Studies in Language. Volumes in this series are functionally and typologically oriented, covering specific topics in language by collecting together data from a wide variety of languages and language typologies.

For book proposals please contact the series editors Sonia Cristofaro (sonia.cristofaro@sorbonne-universite.fr) and Jean-Christophe Verstraete (jcv@kuleuven.be) or the publishing editor Ymke Verploegen (ymke.verploegen@benjamins.nl)

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ISSN: 0167-7373

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl

Volumes

137	Topicality and the Shaping of Grammar: New perspectives from lesser-studied languages Edited by Enrique L. Palancar, Claudine Chamoreau and Anaïd Donabédian Expected September 2026. vii, 340 pp. + index
136	A Layered Approach to Habitual Constructions Edited by Sune Gregersen and Kees Hengeveld 2026. vii, 389 pp.
135	Investigating Language Isolates: Typological and diachronic perspectives Edited by Iker Salaberri, Dorota Krajewska, Ekaitz Santazilia and Eneko Zuloaga 2025. vii, 339 pp.
134	Caused Accompanied Motion: Bringing and taking events in a cross-linguistic perspective Edited by Anna Margetts, Sonja Riesberg and Birgit Hellwig 2022. viii, 437 pp.
133	The Typology of Physical Qualities Edited by Ekaterina Rakhilina, Tatiana Reznikova and Daria Ryzhova 2022. vi, 339 pp.
132	Linguistic Categories, Language Description and Linguistic Typology Edited by Luca Alfieri, Giorgio Francesco Arcodia and Paolo Ramat 2021. vi, 424 pp.
131	The Linguistics of Olfaction: Typological and Diachronic Approaches to Synchronic Diversity Edited by Łukasz Jędrzejowski and Przemysław Staniewski 2021. xiii, 481 pp.
130	Antipassive: Typology, diachrony, and related constructions Edited by Katarzyna Janic and Alena Witzlack-Makarevich 2021. vii, 645 pp.
129	Austronesian Undressed: How and why languages become isolating Edited by David Gil and Antoinette Schapper 2020. ix, 510 pp.
128	The ‘Noun Phrase’ across Languages: An emergent unit in interaction Edited by Tsuyoshi Ono and Sandra A. Thompson 2020. vi, 366 pp.
127	The NP-strategy for Expressing Reciprocity: Typology, history, syntax and semantics Elitzur A. Bar-Asher Siegal 2020. xv, 291 pp.
126	Diverse Scenarios of Syntactic Complexity Edited by Albert Álvarez González, Zarina Estrada-Fernández and Claudine Chamoreau 2019. vi, 257 pp.
125	Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World Simone Mattiola 2019. xxiv, 237 pp.
124	Nominalization in Languages of the Americas Edited by Roberto Zariquiey, Masayoshi Shibatani and David W. Fleck 2019. vii, 662 pp.
123	Argument Selectors: A new perspective on grammatical relations Edited by Alena Witzlack-Makarevich and Balthasar Bickel 2019. vi, 536 pp.
122	Nonverbal Predication in Amazonian Languages Edited by Simon E. Overall, Rosa Vallejos and Spike Gildea 2018. vi, 407 pp.
121	Typological Hierarchies in Synchrony and Diachrony Edited by Sonia Cristofaro and Fernando Zúñiga 2018. vi, 434 pp.
120	Verb Valency Changes: Theoretical and typological perspectives Edited by Albert Álvarez González and Ia Navarro 2017. xv, 310 pp.
119	Uralic Essive and the Expression of Impermanent State Edited by Casper de Groot 2017. xix, 555 pp.
118	Egophoricity Edited by Simeon Floyd, Elisabeth Norcliffe and Lila San Roque 2018. vii, 505 pp.
117	Similative and Equative Constructions: A cross-linguistic perspective Edited by Yvonne Treis and Martine Vanhove 2017. vi, 437 pp.
116	Noun-Modifying Clause Constructions in Languages of Eurasia: Rethinking theoretical and geographical boundaries Edited by Yoshiko Matsumoto, Bernard Comrie and Peter Sells 2017. vi, 381 pp.
115	Insubordination Edited by Nicholas Evans and Honoré Watanabe 2016. xii, 435 pp.
114	Switch Reference 2.0 Edited by Rik van Gijn and Jeremy Hammond 2016. vi, 503 pp.
113	Finiteness and Nominalization Edited by Claudine Chamoreau and Zarina Estrada-Fernández 2016. vii, 380 pp.
112	Indo-Aryan Ergativity in Typological and Diachronic Perspective Edited by Eystein Dahl and Krzysztof Stroński 2016. v, 267 pp.
111	The Role of Functions in Syntax: A unified approach to language theory, description, and typology Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Erin Shay 2016. xvi, 308 pp.
110	Valence Changes in Zapotec: Synchrony, diachrony, typology Edited by Natalie Operstein and Aaron Huey Sonnenschein 2015. xiii, 385 pp.
109	Beyond Aspect: The expression of discourse functions in African languages Edited by Doris L. Payne and Shahar Shirtz 2015. vii, 321 pp.
108	Negation in Uralic Languages Edited by Matti Miestamo, Anne Tamm and Beáta Wagner-Nagy 2015. ix, 667 pp.
107	The Linguistics of Temperature Edited by Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm 2015. xii, 934 pp.
106	Perspectives on Semantic Roles Edited by Silvia Luraghi and Heiko Narrog 2014. vi, 336 pp.
105	Information Structure and Reference Tracking in Complex Sentences Edited by Rik van Gijn, Jeremy Hammond, Dejan Matić, Saskia van Putten and Ana Vilacy Galucio 2014. vi, 409 pp.
104	Language Typology and Historical Contingency: In honor of Johanna Nichols Edited by Balthasar Bickel, Lenore A. Grenoble, David A. Peterson and Alan Timberlake 2013. viii, 512 pp.
103	Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation: In honor of Scott DeLancey Edited by Tim Thornes, Erik Andvik, Gwendolyn Hyslop and Joana Jansen 2013. xviii, 294 pp.
102	Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas: A typological overview Edited by Bernard Comrie and Zarina Estrada-Fernández 2012. xiii, 307 pp.
101	Relative Clauses in Time and Space: A case study in the methods of diachronic typology Rachel Hendery 2012. xii, 281 pp.
100	Events of Putting and Taking: A crosslinguistic perspective Edited by Anetta Kopecka and Bhuvana Narasimhan 2012. xv, 371 pp.
99	Case, Animacy and Semantic Roles Edited by Seppo Kittilä, Katja Västi and Jussi Ylikoski 2011. vi, 354 pp.
98	Reciprocals and Semantic Typology Edited by Nicholas Evans, Alice Gaby, Stephen C. Levinson and Asifa Majid 2011. viii, 349 pp.
97	Subordination in Native South American Languages Edited by Rik van Gijn, Katharina Haude and Pieter Muysken 2011. viii, 315 pp.
96	Nominalization in Asian Languages: Diachronic and typological perspectives Edited by Foong Ha Yap, Karen Grunow-Hårsta and Janick Wrona 2011. xvii, 796 pp.
95	Creoles, their Substrates, and Language Typology Edited by Claire Lefebvre 2011. ix, 626 pp.
94	Formal Evidence in Grammaticalization Research Edited by An Van linden, Jean-Christophe Verstraete and Kristin Davidse 2010. viii, 344 pp.
93	Fillers, Pauses and Placeholders Edited by Nino Amiridze, Boyd Davis and Margaret Maclagan 2010. vii, 224 pp.
92	Benefactives and Malefactives: Typological perspectives and case studies Edited by Fernando Zúñiga and Seppo Kittilä 2010. x, 440 pp.
91	The Expression of Information Structure: A documentation of its diversity across Africa Edited by Ines Fiedler and Anne Schwarz 2010. xii, 383 pp.
90	Gradience, Gradualness and Grammaticalization Edited by Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale 2010. ix, 306 pp.
89	Ergativity in Amazonia Edited by Spike Gildea and Francesc Queixalós 2010. v, 319 pp.
88	A Typology of Purpose Clauses Karsten Schmidtke-Bode 2009. xii, 229 pp.
87	Negation Patterns in West African Languages and Beyond Edited by Norbert Cyffer, Erwin Ebermann and Georg Ziegelmeyer 2009. vi, 368 pp.
86	Variations on Polysynthesis: The Eskaleut languages Edited by Marc-Antoine Mahieu and Nicole Tersis 2009. ix, 312 pp.
85	Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, acquisition, neuro-cognition, evolution Edited by T. Givón and Masayoshi Shibatani 2009. vi, 553 pp.
84	The Linguistics of Eating and Drinking Edited by John Newman 2009. xii, 280 pp.
83	Formulaic Language: Volume 2. Acquisition, loss, psychological reality, and functional explanations Edited by Roberta Corrigan, Edith A. Moravcsik, Hamid Ouali and Kathleen Wheatley 2009. xxiv, 361 pp.
82-83	Formulaic Language: Volume 1: Distribution and historical change, Volume 2: Acquisition, loss, psychological reality, and functional explanations. 2 vols. set Edited by Roberta Corrigan, Edith A. Moravcsik, Hamid Ouali and Kathleen Wheatley 2009. 724 pp.
82	Formulaic Language: Volume 1. Distribution and historical change Edited by Roberta Corrigan, Edith A. Moravcsik, Hamid Ouali and Kathleen Wheatley 2009. xxiv, 315 pp.
81	Case and Grammatical Relations: Studies in honor of Bernard Comrie Edited by Greville G. Corbett and Michael Noonan 2008. ix, 290 pp.
80	Crosslinguistic Studies of Clause Combining: The multifunctionality of conjunctions Edited by Ritva Laury 2008. xiv, 253 pp.
79	Modality–Aspect Interfaces: Implications and typological solutions Edited by Werner Abraham and Elisabeth Leiss 2008. xxiv, 422 pp.
78	Lessons from Documented Endangered Languages Edited by K. David Harrison, David S. Rood and Arienne Dwyer 2008. vi, 375 pp.
77	Theoretical and Empirical Issues in Grammaticalization Edited by Elena Seoane and María José López-Couso 2008. x, 367 pp.
76-77	Rethinking Grammaticalization. New perspectives & Theoretical and Empirical Issues in Grammaticalization Edited by María José López-Couso and Elena Seoane 2008. 742 pp.
76	Rethinking Grammaticalization: New perspectives Edited by María José López-Couso and Elena Seoane 2008. x, 355 pp.
75	Interaction of Morphology and Syntax: Case studies in Afroasiatic Edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Erin Shay 2008. v, 234 pp.
74	Adpositions: Pragmatic, semantic and syntactic perspectives Edited by Dennis Kurzon and Silvia Adler 2008. viii, 307 pp.
73	Deconstructing Creole Edited by Umberto Ansaldo, Stephen Matthews and Lisa Lim 2007. xii, 292 pp.
72	Prototypical Transitivity Åshild Næss 2007. x, 240 pp.
71	Reciprocal Constructions Edited by Vladimir P. Nedjalkov 2007. xxiii, 2219 pp. (5 vols.)
70	Deixis and Alignment: Inverse systems in indigenous languages of the Americas Fernando Zúñiga 2006. xii, 309 pp.
69	Split Auxiliary Systems: A cross-linguistic perspective Edited by Raúl Aranovich 2007. vii, 277 pp.
68	Passivization and Typology: Form and function Edited by Werner Abraham and Larisa Leisiö 2006. x, 553 pp.
67	Suppletion in Verb Paradigms: Bits and pieces of the puzzle Ljuba N. Veselinova 2006. xviii, 236 pp.
66	Space in Languages: Linguistic Systems and Cognitive Categories Edited by Maya Hickmann † and Stéphane Robert 2006. x, 361 pp.
65	Voice and Grammatical Relations: In Honor of Masayoshi Shibatani Edited by Tasaku Tsunoda and Taro Kageyama 2006. xviii, 342 pp.
64	Studies in African Linguistic Typology Edited by F.K. Erhard Voeltz 2006. xiv, 426 pp.
63	Clusivity: Typology and case studies of the inclusive–exclusive distinction Edited by Elena Filimonova 2005. xii, 436 pp.
62	Sound Patterns in Interaction: Cross-linguistic studies from conversation Edited by Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen and Cecilia E. Ford 2004. viii, 406 pp.
60-61	Non-nominative Subjects: Volume 1 and 2 (set) Edited by Peri Bhaskararao and Karumuri V. Subbarao 2004. 668 pp.
61	Non-nominative Subjects: Volume 2 Edited by Peri Bhaskararao and Karumuri V. Subbarao 2004. xii, 317 pp.
60	Non-nominative Subjects: Volume 1 Edited by Peri Bhaskararao and Karumuri V. Subbarao 2004. xii, 325 pp.
59	Up and down the Cline – The Nature of Grammaticalization Edited by Olga Fischer, Muriel Norde and Harry Perridon 2004. viii, 406 pp.
58	Coordinating Constructions Edited by Martin Haspelmath 2004. xcv, 576 pp.
57	Dependent-Head Synthesis in Nivkh: A contribution to a typology of polysynthesis Johanna Mattissen 2003. x, 350 pp.
56	Motion, Direction and Location in Languages: In honor of Zygmunt Frajzyngier Edited by Erin Shay and Uwe Seibert 2003. xvi, 305 pp.
55	Explaining Language Structure through Systems Interaction Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Erin Shay 2003. xviii, 307 pp.
54	Studies in Evidentiality Edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R.M.W. Dixon 2003. xiv, 349 pp.
53	The Evolution of Language out of Pre-language Edited by T. Givón and Bertram F. Malle 2002. x, 394 pp.
52	Reported Discourse: A meeting ground for different linguistic domains Edited by Tom Güldemann and Manfred von Roncador 2002. xii, 425 pp.
51	The Linguistics of Sitting, Standing and Lying Edited by John Newman 2002. xii, 409 pp.
50	Prepositions in their Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Context Edited by Susanne Feigenbaum and Dennis Kurzon 2002. vi, 304 pp.
49	New Reflections on Grammaticalization Edited by Ilse Wischer and Gabriele Diewald 2002. xiv, 435 pp.
48	The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation Edited by Masayoshi Shibatani 2002. xviii, 551 pp.
47	Dimensions of Possession Edited by Irène Baron, Michael Herslund and Finn Sørensen 2001. vi, 335 pp.
46	Non-canonical Marking of Subjects and Objects Edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon and Masayuki Onishi 2001. xii, 364 pp.
45	Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure Edited by Joan L. Bybee and Paul J. Hopper 2001. vii, 492 pp.
44	Ideophones Edited by F.K. Erhard Voeltz and Christa Kilian-Hatz 2001. x, 436 pp.
43	Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Linguistics and Grammaticalization Edited by Spike Gildea 2000. xiv, 267 pp.
42	Demonstratives: Form, function and grammaticalization Holger Diessel 1999. xii, 205 pp.
40-41	Forms and functions: Volume 1: Reflexives; Volume 2: Reciprocals. 2 Volumes (set) Edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Traci Walker 2000. xiv, 286 pp. & xii, 201 pp.
41	Reciprocals: Forms and functions. Volume 2 Edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Traci Walker 2000. xii, 201 pp.
40	Reflexives: Forms and functions. Volume 1 Edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Traci Walker 2000. xiv, 286 pp.
39	External Possession Edited by Doris L. Payne and Immanuel Barshi 1999. ix, 573 pp.
38	Case, Typology and Grammar: In honor of Barry J. Blake Edited by Anna Siewierska and Jae Jung Song 1998. 395 pp.
37	The Limits of Grammaticalization Edited by Anna Giacalone Ramat and Paul J. Hopper 1998. vi, 307 pp.
36	The Linguistics of Giving Edited by John Newman 1998. xv, 384 pp.
35	Grammatical Relations: A functionalist perspective Edited by T. Givón 1997. viii, 350 pp.
34	Conversation: Cognitive, communicative and social perspectives Edited by T. Givón 1997. viii, 302 pp.
33	Studies in Anaphora Edited by Barbara A. Fox 1996. xii, 518 pp.
32	Modality in Grammar and Discourse Edited by Joan L. Bybee and Suzanne Fleischman 1995. viii, 575 pp.
31	Coherence in Spontaneous Text Edited by Morton Ann Gernsbacher and T. Givón 1995. x, 267 pp.
30	Word Order in Discourse Edited by Pamela A. Downing and Michael Noonan 1995. x, 595 pp.
29	Typological Studies in Negation Edited by Peter Kahrel and René van den Berg 1994. x, 385 pp.
28	Voice and Inversion Edited by T. Givón 1994. viii, 402 pp.
27	Voice: Form and Function Edited by Barbara A. Fox and Paul J. Hopper 1994. xiii, 377 pp.
26	Historical Change in Serial Verb Constructions Carol Lord 1993. x, 273 pp.
25	The Grammar of Space Soteria Svorou 1994. xiv, 290 pp.
24	Deixis, Grammar, and Culture Revere D. Perkins 1992. x, 245 pp.
23	The Middle Voice Suzanne Kemmer 1993. xii, 300 pp.
22	Pragmatics of Word Order Flexibility Edited by Doris L. Payne 1992. viii, 320 pp.
21	The Linguistics of Literacy Edited by Pamela A. Downing, Susan D. Lima and Michael Noonan 1992. xx, 334 pp.
20	Studies in Typology and Diachrony: Papers presented to Joseph H. Greenberg on his 75th birthday Edited by William A. Croft, Suzanne Kemmer and Keith Denning 1990. xxxiv, 243 pp.
19:S	Approaches to Grammaticalization: 2 Volumes (set) Edited by Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Bernd Heine 1990. xii, 360 pp. + xii, 560 pp.
19:2	Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume II. Types of grammatical markers Edited by Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Bernd Heine 1991. xii, 558 pp.
19:1	Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume I. Theoretical and methodological issues Edited by Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Bernd Heine 1991. xii, 360 pp.
18	Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse Edited by John Haiman † and Sandra A. Thompson 1988. xiii, 442 pp.
17	Studies in Syntactic Typology Edited by Michael Hammond, Edith A. Moravcsik and Jessica Wirth 1988. xiv, 394 pp.
16	Passive and Voice Edited by Masayoshi Shibatani 1988. xi, 706 pp.
15	Complex Sentence Constructions in Australian Languages Edited by Peter Austin 1988. vii, 289 pp.
14	Perspectives on Topicalization: The case of Japanese wa Edited by John Hinds, Shoichi Iwasaki and Senko K. Maynard 1987. xi, 307 pp.
12	Typology of Resultative Constructions: Translated from the original Russian edition (1983) Edited by Vladimir P. Nedjalkov 1988. xx, 573 pp.
11	Coherence and Grounding in Discourse: Outcome of a Symposium, Eugene, Oregon, June 1984 Russell S. Tomlin 1987. viii, 512 pp.
10	Complementation: Its Meaning and Forms Evelyn N. Ransom 1986. xii, 226 pp.
9	Morphology: A Study of the Relation between Meaning and Form Joan L. Bybee 1985. xii, 235 pp.
8	Studies in Turkish Linguistics Edited by Dan I. Slobin and Karl Zimmer 1986. vi, 300 pp.
7	Noun Classes and Categorization: Proceedings of a symposium on categorization and noun classification, Eugene, Oregon, October 1983 Edited by Colette G. Craig 1986. vii, 481 pp.
6	Iconicity in Syntax: Proceedings of a symposium on iconicity in syntax, Stanford, June 24–26, 1983 Edited by John Haiman † 1985. vi, 402 pp.
5	Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition Edited by William E. Rutherford 1984. ix, 264 pp.
4	Interrogativity: A colloquium on the grammar, typology and pragmatics of questions in seven diverse languages, Cleveland, Ohio, October 5th 1981-May 3rd 1982 Edited by William Chisholm, Louis T. Milic and John A.C. Greppin 1984. v, 302 pp.
3	Topic Continuity in Discourse: A quantitative cross-language study T. Givón 1983. v, 492 pp.
2	Switch Reference and Universal Grammar: Proceedings of a symposium on switch reference and universal grammar, Winnipeg, May 1981 Edited by John Haiman † and Pamela Munro 1983. xv, 337 pp.
1	Tense-Aspect: Between semantics & pragmatics Edited by Paul J. Hopper 1982. ix, 350 pp.

Editorial info

Editors

Sonia Cristofaro | Sorbonne Université

Jean-Christophe Verstraete | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Editorial Board

Balthasar Bickel | Zürich

Denis Creissels | Lyon

William A. Croft | Albuquerque

Nicholas Evans | Canberra

Carol Genetti | Santa Barbara

Spike Gildea | University of Oregon

John Haiman † | St Paul

Martin Haspelmath | Jena

Bernd Heine | Köln

Andrej A. Kibrik | Moscow

Marianne Mithun | Santa Barbara

Doris L. Payne | Eugene, OR

Frans Plank | Konstanz

Dan I. Slobin | Berkeley

Sandra A. Thompson | Santa Barbara

Fernando Zúñiga | University of Bern

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Appendices

Appendices should follow the references section. Please make sure you refer to the appendix in the main text.

Proofing

Monograph

Authors receive first proofs for correction, and corrected proofs for final checking and indexing. Please use correction symbols as provided. Proofs must be returned with corrections by the dates determined by the publication schedule.

Collective volume

Contributors to collective volumes will receive proofs of their article for correction and will be requested to return their corrections to the volume editor. The editor will receive one full set of first proofs and after corrections another set of corrected proofs for final checking and indexing. The editor is responsible for checking the corrected proofs against the first proofs to examine if all corrections were implemented correctly. Proofs must be returned with corrections by the dates determined by the publication schedule.

General

Please indicate corrections that should be implemented throughout only once, with a clear instruction that they should be processed throughout.

If it is absolutely necessary to change larger chunks of text (i.e. more than just a few words), it is best to submit the changes digitally by email. The same holds for updated references. If, for whatever reason existing items in the References section must be redone or new ones inserted, submit these electronically by email.

Please limit corrections to the essential! It is at the publisher’s discretion not to implement substantial changes or to charge the author.

For further queries you may consult The Chicago Manual of Style or the American Psychological Association Manual, or contact your editor.

Index

You will prepare the index after correction of the first proofs at which time we will send you detailed instructions. If you are familiar with index markers you can also add markers to your file before submission. In such a case, please request the index guidelines from us.

Subjects

Linguistics

Typology

Theoretical linguistics