Language variation and linguistic invariants
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Language variation and linguistic invariants
Human languages are diverse and so precise statements of common properties must abstract away from specifics of particular languages. We note several abstract and absolute ‘Type 1’ universals and present some new ones built on a notion of ‘structural invariant’ that applies equally to constituent structure and individual grammatical morphemes. Crucially, these universals may be realized in stru...
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عنوان ژورنال: Lingua
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0024-3841
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2010.04.011