Possible and Probable Languages

Auteur: Newmeyer, Frederick J. (Howard and Frances Nostrand Professor Linguistics)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
In this important and pioneering book Frederick Newmeyer seeks to explain the variety of languages. He combines the leading ideas of the functionalist and formalist approaches to linguistic typology, advocating principles of Universal Grammar to explain why some language types are impossible, and functional principles to explain why some grammatical features are more common than others.
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In this important and pioneering book Frederick Newmeyer seeks to explain the variety of languages. He combines the leading ideas of the functionalist and formalist approaches to linguistic typology, advocating principles of Universal Grammar to explain why some language types are impossible, and functional principles to explain why some grammatical features are more common than others.
ISBN / EAN 9780199274345
Auteur Newmeyer, Frederick J. (Howard and Frances Nostrand Professor Linguistics)
Editeur Oxford University Press