Explanations for language universals /
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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Publisher Address: | Berlin ; Boston : |
Publication Dates: |
2014. ©1984 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110868555 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110868555.jpg |
Item Description: | Includes indexes. |
Carrier Form: |
1 online resource(292 pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
ISBN: | 9783110868555 |
Index Number: | P204 |
CLC: | H03 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- Constraints on gaps: is the parser a significant influence? / On the generality of the nested-dependency constraint and the reason for an exception in Dutch / Form and substance in language universels / Form and function in explaining language universale / Temporal distance: remoteness distinctions in tense-aspect systems / The verbs of perception: a typological study / Conceptual and semantic change in scientists and children: why there are no semantic universals / Self-organizing processes and the explanation of phonological universals / Natural auditory sensitivities as universal determiners of phonemic contrasts / Some physiological and perceptual constraints on tonal systems / Principles and parameters in prosodic phonology / Name index -- Subject index -- Language and language-group index. |