Screen LibraryLanguage universals : with special reference to feature hierarchies /
This is the latest version of the 1956 book which began the modern study of universals, and provides the foundation for many inquiries that followed. The hypotheses are cast at a moderate level of abstraction, and so are likely to survive as a
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
2010. ©2005 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Reprint 2010 |
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This is the latest version of the 1956 book which began the modern study of universals, and provides the foundation for many inquiries that followed. The hypotheses are cast at a moderate level of abstraction, and so are likely to survive as a Greenberg s Language Universals is typical of his typological-theoretical work in its stunning originality. Starting out from the observations underlying Praguian markedness, Greenberg contributes a mass of new data and generalizations and lays the foundations for a post-structuralist, usage-based theory of grammatical asymmetries. This work will continue to be influential for many years to come. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvii, 89 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783110899771 |
| Index Number: | P204 |
| CLC: | H0 |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction: Marked and unmarked categories -- 2. Phonology -- 3. Grammar and lexicon -- 4. Common characteristics in phonology, grammar, and lexicon -- 5. Universals of kinship terminology -- References |