Wiltschko, Martina, <br/><br/>
The Universal Structure of Categories :  Towards a Formal Typology / 
Martina Wiltschko. 
 - 1 online resource (378 pages) :  digital, PDF file(s). 
 - Cambridge Studies in Linguistics ;  no. 142 .
 - Cambridge Studies in Linguistics ;  no. 142. .
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<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781139833899 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Categorial grammar<br/>Structural linguistics<br/>Language, Universal