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Universals of Language Today (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)
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Universals of Language Today (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)
Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 76
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This book collects the contributions presented at the international
congress held at the University of Bologna in January 2007, where
leading scholars of different persuasions and interests offered an
up-to-date overview of the current status of the research on
linguistic universals. The papers that make up the volume deal with
both theoretical and empirical issues, and range over various
domains, covering not only morphology and syntax, which were the
major focus of Greenberg's seminal work, but also phonology and
semantics, as well as diachrony and second language acquisition.
Diverse perspectives illustrate and discuss a huge number of
phenomena from a wide variety of languages, not only exploring the
way research on universals - tersects with different subareas of
linguistics, but also contributing to the ongoing debate between
functional and formal approaches to explaining the universals of
language. This stimulating reading for scientists, researchers and
postgraduate students in linguistics shows how different, but not
irreconcilable, modes of explanation can complement each other,
both offering fresh insights into the investigation of unity and
diversity in languages, and pointing to exciting areas for future
research. * A fresh and up-to-date survey of the present state of
research on Universals of Language in an international context,
with original contributions from leading specialists in the eld. *
First-hand accounts of substantive ndings and theoretical
observations in diff- ent subareas of linguistics. * Huge number of
linguistic phenomena and data from diffferent languages a- lyzed
and discussed in detail.
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