Universals of Language

Editors

Michel Kefer | Free University of Brussels

Johan van der Auwera | Free University of Brussels

Paperback – Available

ISBN 9789027226648 (Eur) | EUR 68.00

ISBN 9781588111357 (USA) | USD 102.00

e-Journal – Available

| EUR 58.00

[Belgian Journal of Linguistics, 4] 1989. 192 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 18 February 2013

https://doi.org/10.1075/bjl.4

Table of Contents

Introduction Michel Kefer and Johan van der Auwera	7–8
Language Universals: The Chomskyan Approach vs. Greenberg's Typological Approach Werner Abraham	9–25
Morphemic Marking of Topic and Focus Georg Bossong	27–51
Translatability and Language Universals Bernard Comrie	53–67
Discourse-Governed Word Order and Word Order Typology Matthew S. Dryer	69–90
The Syntactization of Interactional Processes: Some Typological Evidence Ronald Geluykens	91–103
The Internal and External Syntax of Numerical Expressions: Explaining Language Specific Rules Joseph H. Greenberg	105–118
Syllable Geometry Roland G. Noske	119–144
Testing Iconicity: Sentence Structure and Politeness Jan-Ola Östman	145–163
Iconicity in Functional Perspective Hansjakob Seiler	165–172
Ergativity, Markedness and Prototypes Willy Van Langendonck	173–183
Abstracts - Resumes - Samenvattingen	185–193

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Willems, Klaas

2016. The universality of categories and meaning: a Coserian perspective. Acta Linguistica Hafniensia 48:1 ► pp. 110 ff.

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Universals of Language

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