Serija pretežno na engleskom jeziku namijenjena je lingvistima, istraživačima jezika i edukatorima koji žele naučiti više o manje poznatim jezicima i očuvati jezičnu raznolikost.[2] Serija je zbirka lingvističkih izvora koji sadrže opisne gramatike manje poznatih jezika iz cijelog svijeta.[2]
Serija je podserija LINCOM deskriptivne gramatičke serije. Seriju od 1993. izdaje LINCOM GmbH iz Münchena, izdavač specijaliziran za lingvistiku i jezične materijale. Sada uključuje više od 515 svezaka (od 17. travnja 2023.).
Serija LWM daje pregled osnovnih gramatičkih struktura jezika sa svih kontinenata. Pritom su se autori gramatika prema zahtjevu izdavača morali pridržavati ne samo da gramatike imaju ujednačen obim nego i unaprijed zadane sheme poglavlja i potpoglavlja kako bi se omogućila laka usporedba pojedinih gramatičkih obilježja među jezicima.[3] Ovaj izdavački niz uključuje gramatike i suvremenih i klasičnih jezika, velikih i malih jezika, dijalekata i "ugroženih" jezika. Nekoliko od tih gramatika prvi su gramatički dokumenti dotičnog jezika.
Serija je važan izvor za lingvistička istraživanja i napore za očuvanje jezične raznolikosti. Dokumentirajući gramatike ugroženih jezika, serija pomaže u očuvanju jezične i kulturne baštine tih zajednica i čini je dostupnom široj publici znanstvenika i ljubitelja jezika.
Serijal daje čitatelju osjećaj raznolikosti ljudskog jezika općenito i važan je izvor za lingvistička istraživanja i napore za očuvanje jezične raznolikosti. Dokumentirajući gramatike ugroženih jezika, serija pomaže u očuvanju jezične i kulturne baštine tih zajednica i čini je dostupnom široj publici znanstvenika i ljubitelja jezika.
Sljedeća lista objavljenih deskriptivnih gramatika u Lincomovoj seriji LWM pruža informacije o broju sveska, jeziku, autoru itd., ne tvrdi da je ažurana ili potpuna:[4]
Svesci (izbor)
LWM 01: Ge'ez (Classical Ethiopic). Stefan Weninger
LWM 155: A Grammar of Chagatay. András J. E. Bodrogligeti. University of California, Los Angeles
LWM 158: Vogul (Mansi). Timothy Riese
LWM 159: Mandan. Mauricio J. Mixco
LWM 160: Upper Sorbian. Gunter Schaarschmidt
LWM 162: A Grammar of Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic Inuttut). Jerrold M. Sadock
LWM 165: Dàgáárè. A. B. Bodomo. University of Hong Kong
LWM 170: Tol (Jicaque). Dennis Holt
LWM 173: Khamnigan Mongol. Juha Janhunen. University of Helsinki
LWM 179: Toba. Harriet E. Manelis Klein
LWM 180: Degema. Ethelbert E. Kari. University of Port Harcourt
LWM 183: Jaqaru. M. J. Hardman
LWM 184: Madurese. William Davies. University of Iowa
LWM 185: Kamass. Ago Künnap
LWM 186: Enets. Ago Künnap
LWM 190: The Grammar of Esperanto. Christopher Gledhill
LWM 192: Maipure. Raoul Zamponi. Università degli Studi di Siena
LWM 193: Kiliwa. Mauricio J. Mixco
LWM 195: First steps towards a grammar of Makasae. A language of East Timor. Juliette Huber. University of Leiden
LWM 200: Kabardian (East Circassian). John Colarusso. McMaster University
LWM 201: Irish. Aidan Doyle
LWM 204: Ket. Edward J. Vajda
LWM 207: Damana. Maria Trillos Amaya
LWM 208: Embera. Daniel Aguirre Licht
LWM 209: Hiligaynon / Ilonggo. Walter L. Spitz. Rice University
LWM 212: Udmurt. Eberhard Winkler
LWM 213: Ancient Greek. Silvia Luraghi, Anna Pompei and Stavros Skopeteas. Università degli Studi di Pavia, Terza Università di Roma, Universität Potsdam
LWM 217: Latvian. Nicole Nau
LWM 240: Ura. Terry Crowley. The University of Waikato
LWM 242: Modern Scots. Alexander Bergs. University of Düsseldorf
LWM 251: Xakas. Gregory David Anderson. University of Manchester
LWM 252: Old Saxon. James E. Cathey. University of Massachusetts / Amherst
LWM 255: Udeghe. Albina H. Girfanova. Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
LWM 256: Newar (Nepal Bhasa). Austin Hale & Kedar P. Shrestha
LWM 257: Tyvan. David Harrison and Gregory David Anderson. Yale University, University of Manchester
LWM 258: Biri. Angela Terrill. Australian National University
LWM 261: Lingala. Michael Meeuwis. University of Antwerp
LWM 268: Urak Lawoi’. David Hogan
LWM 278: Isleño Spanish. Felice Coles. The University of Mississippi
LWM 299: Faetar. Naomi Nagy. University of New Hampshire
LWM 301: Oneida. Clifford Abbott. University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
LWM 302: Sapuan. Pascale Jacq & Paul Sidwell University of Melbourne
LWM 305: Ostyak. Irina Nikolaeva. SOAS, University of London
LWM 323: Santali. Lukas Neukom
LWM 325: Pileni. Ashild Naess
LWM 328: Tobelo. Gary Holton
LWM 329: Ogbronuagum. Ethelbert Kari
LWM 330: Grammar of Old Nubian. Gerald M. Browne. University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
LWM 455: The Tujia Language. Cecilia Brassett, Philip Brassett, Meiyan Lu
LWM 456: Le nashta. Description d’un parler slave de Grèce en voie de disparition. EVANGELIA ADAMOU CNRS/LACITO
LWM 457: Dolenjska Romani. The dialect of the Dolenjski Roma in Novo Mesto and Bela Krajina, Slovenia. Petra Cech
LWM 458: Karay (Trakai Dialect). Timur Kocaoğlu, Koç University. In collaboration with Mykolas Firkovicius
LWM 462: Swiss German. The modern Alemannic vernacular in and around Zurich. Johannes Reese
LWM 463: Wulguru. A salvage study of a north-eastern Australian language from Townsville Mark Donohue. Monash University
LWM 465: A Descriptive Grammar of KʌThemnɛ (Temne). Sheikh Umarr Kamarah. Virginia State University
LWM 466: Wutun. Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou. University of Helsinki
LWM 467: A Grammar of Lamaholot, Eastern Indonesia. The Morphology and Syntax of the Lewoingu Dialect. Kunio Nishiyama & Herman Kelen. Ibaraki University; University of Hawaii
LWM 468: Kurmanjî Kurdish. Gülşat Aygen. Northern Illinois University
LWM 469: Grámatica del páez o nasa yuwe. Descripción de una lengua indígena de Colombia. Ingrid Jung. InWEnt, Capacity Building International, Alemania
LWM 470: Inuktitut. Eine grammatische Skizze. Elke Nowak. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
LWM 472: Efutu Grammar. Samuel Gyasi Obeng. Indiana University
LWM 473: Ventureño. Ingo Mamet. University of Bonn
LWM 474: Gramática de la lengua guaymí (ngäbe). Miguel Ángel Quesada Pacheco. Universitetet i Bergen
LWM 475: Ossetian. Bela Hettich. University of North Dakota
LWM 476: The Rusyn Language. A Grammar of the Literary Standard of Slovakia with Reference to Lemko and Subcarpathian Rusyn. Stefan M. Pugh. Wright State University
LWM 477: Crimean Tatar. Darya Kavitskaya. Yale University
LWM 478: Lengua de Maynas. ms. Egerton 2881 de la British Library. Transcripción y edición preparada por Astrid Alexander-Bakkerus. University of Amsterdam. Con un prólogo de Pieter C. Muysken
LWM 479: Zazaki/Kirmanckî Kurdish. Gülşat Aygen. Northern Illinois University
LWM 480: A Grammar of Ajagbe. Eric A Morley. Center for Spoken Language Understanding, Oregon Health & Science University
LWM 481: Balkan Romani: The dialect of Ajios Athanasios/Greece. Irene Sechidou. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
LWM 482: A short grammar of Latgalian. Nicole Nau. Adam Mickiewicz University
LWM 490: Khwopa Newar: A Grammar sketch. Dan Raj Regmi. Tribhuvan University
LWM 491: Meyma’i: A Central Iranian Plateau Dialect. Habib Borjian. Encyclopædia Iranica, Columbia University, New York
LWM 492: A Grammar of Bhujel. Dan Raj Regmi. Tribhuvan University
LWM 493: Eastern Nepali Grammar. Kedar Prasad Poudel. English Department, Mahendra Multiple Campus, Dharan, Nepal
LWM 494: The Raji Dialect of Jowshaqan. Habib Borjian, Encyclopædia Iranica, Columbia University, New York
LWM 495: A Grammar of Bhadarwahi. Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
LWM 496: A Grammar of Magar Kaike. Ambika Regmi. Tribhuvan University
LWM 498: Díʔzte: o zapoteco de San Agustín Loxicha, Oaxaca, México. Esbozo gramatical acompañado de cuatro cuentos tradicionales con análisis morfológico y traducción. Mikko Benjamin Salminen. James Cook University
LWM 499: Mithilanchal Urdu. The Newly Discovered Dialect of Bihar. Mohammad J Warsi. Washington University in St. Louis
LWM 500: A Grammar of Majhi. Dubi Nanda Dhakal. Tribhuvan University, Nepal
LWM 501: Sidaama (Sidaamu Afoo). Anbessa Teferra. Tel Aviv University
LWM 502: A Descriptive Grammar of Bə̀mbələ̀. Gabriel Delmon Djomeni. University of Cape Town
LWM 503: A Grammar of Onondaga. Michael Barrie. Sogang University
LWM 504: Zaniza Zapotec. Natalie Operstein. University of California, Fullerton
LWM 505: A Grammar of Haro. Hirut Wolde-Mariam. Addis Ababa University
LWM 506: Kisangani Swahili. Choices and Variation in a Multilingual Urban Space. Nico Nassenstein. University of Cologne
LWM 507: A Grammar of Chhatthare Limbu. Govinda Bahadur Tumbahang. Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur
LWM 508: A Reference Grammar of Dhimal. Karnakhar Khatiwada. Tribhuvan University, Nepal
LWM 509: A Grammar of Dumi. Netra Mani Rai. Tribhuvan University
LWM 510: A Grammar of Dari. Rebecca Mitchell & Djamal Naser. University of Cambridge; Dari interpreter
LWM 511: A Grammar of Western Tamang. Dan Raj Regmi & Ambika Regmi. Tribhuvan University
LWM 512: A Grammar of Sarazi. Ravi Parihar & Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
LWM 513: A Grammar of Thakali. Dan Raj Regmi, Ambika Regmi & Omkar Prasad Gauchan. Tribhuvan University; Tribhuvan University
LWM 514: Chinyanja of Tanzania. A Grammatical Sketch. Deo S. Ngonyani. Michigan State University
LWM 515: Bukavu Swahili. A Central African Koine. Didier L. Goyvaerts. University of Brussels (VUB) and University of Antwerp (UA)
↑Sussex, Roland. 1999. Prikaz gramatike "Serbo-Croatian", Languages of the World/Materials 148. The Slavonic and East European Review. London. 77 (1): 143. ISSN0037-6795. OCLC5546712108. JSTOR 4212801. In its range, common format and accessibility this series fills a gap, particularly in some of the smaller languages (notably outside Europe) which have so far lacked readily accessible descriptions.
↑ abKordić, Snježana. 1996. Prikaz gramatike "Ukrainian", Languages of the World/Materials 05(PDF). Strani jezici. Zagreb. 25 (1–2): 105. ISSN2459-671X. OCLC1280206588. (CROSBI). Pristupljeno 15. travnja 2023.. Taj ambiciozno zamišljeni projekt posvećen je jezicima koji nisu svjetski jezici pa su prema tome i manje opisivani nego svjetski jezici i građa o njima je teže pristupačna općim lingvistima, tipolozima, kognitivnim antropolozima, povjesničarima jezika i studentima, kojima je svima izdavač ovu seriju i namijenio.
↑Kovačević, Miloš. 1998. Prikaz gramatike "Serbo-Croatian", Languages of the World/Materials 148. Zbornik Matice srpske za filologiju i lingvistiku. Novi Sad. 41 (1): 202. ISSN0352-5724. OCLC637634995. (COBISS.SR). ... autori se pri izradi gramatike moraju pridržavati točno utvrđene sheme poglavlja i potpoglavlja, tako da svi korisnici ovih gramatika lako mogu upoređivati pojedine pojave u različitim jezicima.
↑Katalog stranice LINCOM academic publishers (lincom-shop.eu): Languages of the World/Materials (LINCOM descriptive grammar series) - Pristupljeno 17. travnja 2023