NEW DIRECTIONS IN LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY: CHARACTEROLOGICAL TYPOLOGY, DETERMINATIVE TYPOLOGY, TYPOLOGY OF LEVELS

The American linguist E.Sapir is credited with establishing the foundations of new directions in morphological typology. The principal expression of E.Sapir’s linguistic views is to be found in his book Language, as well as in the articles “The Position of Linguistics as a Science” and “Language”. The scope of E.Sapir's linguistic views extends well beyond that of structural linguistics. This researcher is also regarded as one of the most prominent figures in the history of linguistic typology. E.Sapir’s typological classification is set forth in his work, Language. His classification is sometimes evaluated as a step-by-step typology and at other times as a staged typology. This is because the researcher was opposed to classifying languages on the basis of some external feature; instead, he conducted his classification on the basis of a set of interconnected features.