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Typology and Universals (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) Book

Comparison of the grammars of human languages reveals systematic patterns of variation. Typology and universals research uncovers those patterns to formulate universal constraints on language and seek their exploration. In this essential textbook...Read More

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    A thorough rewriting to reflect advances in typology and universals in the past decade.

  • Book Description

    William Croft presents a comprehensive introduction to the method and theory used in studying typology and universals. The second edition of this essential textbook has been thoroughly rewritten and updated to reflect advances in typology and universals in the past decade, including: new methodologies such as the semantic map model and questions of syntactic argumentation; discussion of current debates over deeper explanations for specific classes of universals; and comparison of the typological and generative approaches to language.

  • Product Description

    The second edition of this essential textbook has been thoroughly rewritten and updated to reflect advances in typology and universals over the past decade. It reviews new methodologies such as the semantic map model and questions of syntactic argumentation; discussion of current debates over explanations for specific classes of universals; and comparison of the typological and generative approaches to language.

  • 0521004993
  • 9780521004992
  • William Croft
  • 21 November 2002
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 368
  • 2
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