Podcast episode 51: Martin Haspelmath
From History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences by James McElvenny
October 31, 2025 · 38 min
About this episode
Martin Haspelmath discusses his journey in linguistics and the evolution of the field.
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. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts…Read more ›
People in this episode
Guest: Martin Haspelmath
Topics covered
- linguistics
- areal typology
- language description
- language comparison
Keywords
- linguistics
- typology
- language
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