The Universal Structure of Categories : Towards a Formal Typology / Martina Wiltschko.
Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics ; no. 142 | Cambridge Studies in Linguistics ; no. 142.Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (378 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:- text
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Using data from a variety of languages such as Blackfoot, Halkomelem, and Upper Austrian German, this book explores a range of grammatical categories and constructions, including tense, aspect, subjunctive, case and demonstratives. It presents a new theory of grammatical categories - the Universal Spine Hypothesis - and reinforces generative notions of Universal Grammar while accommodating insights from linguistic typology. In essence, this new theory shows that language-specific categories are built from a small set of universal categories and language-specific units of language. Throughout the book the Universal Spine Hypothesis is compared to two alternative theories - the Universal Base Hypothesis and the No Base Hypothesis. This valuable addition to the field will be welcomed by graduate students and researchers in linguistics.
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