Rethinking universals how rarities affect linguistic theory
Rarissima and rara, features and properties found only in one or very few languages, tell us as much about the capacities and limits of human language(s) as do universals. Explaining the existence of such rare phenomena on the one hand, and the fact of their rareness or uniqueness on the other, prov...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
De Gruyter Mouton
c2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Empirical approaches to language typology ; 45. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31327813*spi |
| Sumario: | Rarissima and rara, features and properties found only in one or very few languages, tell us as much about the capacities and limits of human language(s) as do universals. Explaining the existence of such rare phenomena on the one hand, and the fact of their rareness or uniqueness on the other, proves a reasonable and interesting challenge to any theory of how human language works. |
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| Descripción Física: | x, 288 p. : il., mapa |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9783110220933 |
