linguistic universals

For this reason, they are referred to as linguistic universals.

This approach appealed to Greenberg, who was interested in discovering linguistic universals.

This in turn has implications for linguistic universals.

This may be related to linguistic universals.

This anticipates later work on linguistic universals.

Sign language and linguistic universals.

In the domain of semantics, research into linguistic universals has taken place in a number of ways.

Theoretical linguistics also involves the search for an explanation of linguistic universals, that is, properties all languages have in common.

Markedness theory is related to the Chomskyan search for linguistic universals (see Chapter 2).

See below, under "linguistic universals".

He has been a leading figure in psycholinguistics, focusing on the cognitive and neurological bases of linguistic universals, among other pursuits.

Greenberg's reputation rests in part on his contributions to synchronic linguistics and the quest to identify linguistic universals.

Linguistic universals in syntax are sometimes held up as evidence for universal grammar (although epistemological arguments are more common).

Kiparsky, P., Linguistic universals and linguistic change.

Comrie is a specialist in linguistic typology and linguistic universals, and on Caucasian languages.

It overtly incorporates linguistic universals, building in what is needed to support the expressivity of the whole variety of natural languages, including non-European ones."

The linguist Joseph Greenberg proposed a set of linguistic universals based primarily on a set of 30 languages.

His theoretical interests focused on linguistic universals, prompting him to learn as many disparate languages as possible and investigate laws or structures they might have in common.

One of the components of RG theory is a set of linguistic universals stated in terms of the numbered roles presented above.

Jakobson's three principal ideas in linguistics play a major role in the field to this day: linguistic typology, markedness, and linguistic universals.

Together, the knowledge of linguistic universals and the innate processing strategies are referred to as the 'Language Acquisition Device' or LAD.

It was not until the 1970s, with the growth of interest in discourse analysis and linguistic universals, that the interest for grammaticalization in linguistic studies began to grow again.

The book puts particular emphasis on research which explores the implications that the theory of linguistic universals (the Universal Grammar theory) has had upon second language acquisition approaches.

The authors argue that modern minimalist syntax is going in the wrong direction, adopting ever more complex structures and derivations, and making overly strong assumptions about linguistic universals.

Other explanations for linguistic universals have been proposed, for example, that linguistic universals tend to be properties of language that aid communication.