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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807125303321

Autore

Greenberg Joseph H (Joseph Harold), <1915-2001.>

Titolo

Language universals : with special reference to feature hierarchies / / by Joseph H. Greenberg ; with a preface by Martin Haspelmath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2005

ISBN

3-11-089977-9

Edizione

[Reprint 2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (108 p.)

Classificazione

ER 715

Disciplina

401/.3

Soggetti

Linguistic universals

Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction: Marked and unmarked categories -- 2. Phonology -- 3. Grammar and lexicon -- 4. Common characteristics in phonology, grammar, and lexicon -- 5. Universals of kinship terminology -- References

Sommario/riassunto

"This is the latest version of the 1956 book which began the modern study of universals, and provides the foundation for many inquiries that followed. The hypotheses are cast at a moderate level of abstraction, and so are likely to survive as a basis for inquiry for many decades to come."Prof. Dr. William Labov