Neacșu Vlad A. Linguistics Olympiad

Training guide. — Berlin: Language Science Press, 2024. — xx, 418 p. — (Textbooks in Language Sciences 13). — ISBN 978-3-96110-468-0; ISSN 2364-6209.Linguistics Olympiad: Training guide represents a unique and complex work aimed to help students and teachers alike prepare for the national and international Linguistics Olympiads. This guide identifies the most common types of problems and, for each of them, proposes a theoretical framework (basic linguistics concepts, as well as language typology data) together with a methodological approach, tailored for each type of problems, and, in the end, a selection of practice problems from past editions of national and international Linguistics Olympiads. This work is breaking new ground, being the first of its kind, featuring a large number of languages and problems, centred around the concept of problem-based learning.Note on the translation.
Preface.
Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
Abbreviations and notes.
Abbreviations used to indicate the source of the problems.
Note about problems.
Introduction to linguistics problems.
Structure of linguistics problems.
Classification of linguistics problems.
Understanding the problem.
Solution writing.
Dictionary vs. rules.
Writing systems.
Introduction.
Pictographic and ideographic systems.
Logographic systems.
Syllabic systems (syllabaries).
The Chinese writing system.
Alphabetic systems (alphabets).
Abjad systems.
Abugida systems.
Featural systems.
Problem (Hmong).
Problem (Luwian).
Problem (Tagbanwa).
Sign language.
Braille alphabet.
Problem (Japanese Braille).
Practice problems.
Problem (Armenian).
Problem (Ogham).
Problem (New York Point).
Problem (Lepcha).
Problem (Arabic – Hebrew).
Problem (Javanese).
Problem (Thai).
Solutions of practice problems.
Phonetics.
Introduction.
Classification of sounds.
Consonants.
Place of articulation.
Manner of articulation.
Voicing.
Other characteristics of consonants.
Vowels.
Backness.
Height.
Roundness.
Other characteristics of vowels.
Syllable.
Syllabification rules.
Versification.
Problem (Somali).
Stress.
Problem (Manobo).
Tone.
Practice problems.
Problem (Old Javanese).
Problem (Chuvash).
Problem (Ancient Greek).
Problem (Fijian).
Problem (Old Norse).
Problem (Chickasaw).
Problem (Ligurian).
Solutions of practice problems.Phonology.
Introduction.
Phonological notation.
Complementary distribution.
Problem (Irish).
Problem (Roro).
Phonological processes.
Problem (Behaviour of nasal consonants).
Vowel harmony.
Problem (Valley Yokuts ).
Problem (Evenki).
Initial consonant mutation.
Practice problems.
Problem (La-Mi).
Problem (Tolaki).
Problem (Sorba).
Problem (Arabic).
Problem (Sesotho).
Problem (Dutch).
Problem (Finnish – Estonian).
Problem (Bari).
Problem (Cushillococa Ticuna).
Solutions of practice problems.
Noun and noun phrase.
Introduction.
Basic principle of morphological analysis.
Problem (Zulu).
Problem (Swedish).
Problem (Māori).
Variables of the noun.
Problem (Bulgarian).
Classifiers.
Problem (Japanese).
Reduplication.
Suppletion.
Expressing possession.
Problem (Fijian).
Problem (Ancient Greek).
Colour terms.
Problem (Colours).
Practice problems.
Problem (Ulwa).
Problem (Palauan).
Problem (Norwegian).
Problem (Afrihili).
Problem (Maltese).
Problem (Latvian).
Problem (Ilocano).
Problem (Irish).
Problem (Iaai).
Solutions of practice problems.
Verb and verb phrase.
Introduction.
Variables of the verb.
TAM (Tense, Aspect, Mood).
Tense.
Aspect.
Mood.
Realis moods.
Irrealis mood.
Verbal expression of modality.
Evidentiality.
Arguments.
Problem (Swahili).
Segmenting.
Problem (Dabida).
Patterns for arguments.
Problem (Ge’ez).
Problem (Itelmen).
Pronoun hierarchy.
Problem (Proto-Algonquian).
Verb semantics.
Problem (Tabasaran).
Practice problems.
Problem (Swahili).
Problem (Tariana).
Problem (Gee).
Problem (Gyarung).
Problem (Hakhun).
Problem (Cree).
Problem (Ainu).
Problem (Rotokas).
Problem (Dinka).
Solutions of practice problems.Syntax.
Introduction.
Word order.
Problem (Nung).
Focusing.
Morphosyntactic alignment.
Problem (Morphosyntactic alignments).
Split alignment.
Practice problems.
Problem (Luiseño).
Problem (Beja).
Problem (Mundari).
Problem (Swahili).
Problem (Arabic).
Problem (Welsh).
Problem (Tadaksahak).
Problem (Sandawe).
Problem (Burushaski).
Solutions of practice problems.
Semantics.
Introduction.
Graph method.
Problem (Lango).
Problem (Guaraní).
Practice problems.
Problem (Basque).
Problem (Turkish).
Problem (Chinese).
Problem (Hausa).
Problem (Tetum).
Problem (Malagasy).
Solutions of practice problems.
Number systems.
Introduction.
Problem (Quenya).
Problem (Embera Chami).
Problem (Yup’ik).
Overcounting.
Problem (Umbu-Ungu).
Problem (Huli).
Subtractive systems.
Problem (Yoruba).
Body-part counting systems.
Time.
Problem (Czech).
Problem (Swahili).
Practice problems.
Problem (Danish).
Problem (Estonian).
Problem (Waorani).
Problem (Selkup).
Problem (Vambon).
Problem (Alamblak).
Problem (Chabu).
Problem (Tifal).
Problem (Mansi).
Solutions of practice problems.
Other types of problems.
Problems based on orientation systems.
Problem (Manam).
Kinship problems.
Problem (Arawak).
Practice problems.
Problem (Bardi).
Problem (Kharia).
Problem (Embaloh).
Problem (Hungarian).
Problem (Tabaq).
Problem (Aralle-Tabulahan).
Problem (Akan).
Solutions of practice problems.
Appendix A: Data about the languages featured in the problems: Family, number of native speakers, region.
Appendix B: Genealogical classification of the languages featured in the problems.
Appendix C: The handwritten graph corresponding to Problem (Guaraní).
References.