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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Weitere Verfasser: Wohlgemuth, Jan, Cysouw, Michael
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:Empirical approaches to language typology ; 45.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 288 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783110220933
3110220938
1282716360
9781282716360
9786612716362
6612716363

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