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Podcast episode 51: Martin Haspelmath
In this interview, Martin Haspelmath talks about how he got started in linguistics, the rise of large-scale areal typology in the 1990s, language description vs language comparison, and the current state of the field.
Swen Reichhold/Uni Leipzig
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Intro and outro: Bach, Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, Prelude. Recording from Wikipedia.
References for Episode 51
Dryer, M. S., et al. 2013. The World Atlas of Language Structures Online. München: Max Planck Digital Library. http://wals.info/
Haspelmath, M. 1993. A Grammar of Lezgian. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Haspelmath, M. 2010. Comparative concepts and descriptive categories in crosslinguistic studies. Language, 86(3), 663-687. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lan.2010.0021
Michaelis, S. M., Maurer, P., Haspelmath, M., & Huber, M., eds. 2013. The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online. Leipzig: MPI für evolutionäre Anthropologie. http://apics-online.info
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In this interview, Martin Haspelmath talks about how he got started in linguistics, the rise of large-scale areal typology in the 1990s, language description vs language comparison, and the current state of the field.
Swen Reichhold/Uni Leipzig
" data-medium-file="https://hiphilangsci.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/haspelmath_portrait.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://hiphilangsci.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/haspelmath_portrait.jpg?w=605" src="https://hiphilangsci.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/haspelmath_portrait.jpg" alt="Portrait of Martin Haseplmath" class="wp-image-9284" style="width:546px;height:auto" />Photo: Swen Reichhold/Uni Leipzig
Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube
Intro and outro: Bach, Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, Prelude. Recording from Wikipedia.
References for Episode 51
Dryer, M. S., et al. 2013. The World Atlas of Language Structures Online. München: Max Planck Digital Library. http://wals.info/
Haspelmath, M. 1993. A Grammar of Lezgian. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Haspelmath, M. 2010. Comparative concepts and descriptive categories in crosslinguistic studies. Language, 86(3), 663-687. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lan.2010.0021
Michaelis, S. M., Maurer, P., Haspelmath, M., & Huber, M., eds. 2013. The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online. Leipzig: MPI für evolutionäre Anthropologie. http://apics-online.info
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