Universals of Language
Belgian Journal of Linguistics, edited by Marc Dominicy, Volume 4
Published on 1. January 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-90-272-2664-8 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-2664-8 (9789027226648)
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Content
1. Introduction (by Kefer, Michel); 2. Language Universals: The Chomskyan Approach vs. Greenberg's Typological Approach (by Abraham, Werner); 3. Morphemic Marking of Topic and Focus (by Bossong, Georg); 4. Translatability and Language Universals (by Comrie, Bernard); 5. Discourse-Governed Word Order and Word Order Typology (by Dryer, Matthew S.); 6. The Syntactization of Interactional Processes: Some Typological Evidence (by Geluykens, Ronald); 7. The Internal and External Syntax of Numerical Expressions: Explaining Language Specific Rules (by Greenberg, Joseph H.); 8. Syllable Geometry (by Noske, Roland G.); 9. Testing Iconicity: Sentence Structure and Politeness (by Ostman, Jan-Ola); 10. Iconicity in Functional Perspective (by Seiler, Hansjakob); 11. Ergativity, Markedness and Prototypes (by Van Langendonck, Willy); 12. Abstracts - Resumes - Samenvattingen