Greenberg's classifications

Greenberg's classifications refer to categories used by psychologist Joseph Greenberg to analyze languages based on their grammatical features. He identified patterns that show how languages group together in terms of structure, helping linguists understand relationships and historical connections. Essentially, these classifications highlight certain consistent features shared among languages, such as word order or how they form questions and negatives. This approach aids in understanding how languages evolve, how they are related, and how human language has diversified across different cultures.