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The Universal Structure of Categories - Wiltschko, Martina
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Using data from a variety of languages such as Blackfoot, Halkomelem, and Upper Austrian German, this book explores a range of grammatical categories and constructions, including tense, aspect, subjunctive, case and demonstratives. It presents a new theory of grammatical categories - the Universal Spine Hypothesis - and reinforces generative notions of Universal Grammar while accommodating insights from linguistic typology. In essence, this new theory shows that language-specific categories are built from a small set of ...

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The Universal Structure of Categories 2022, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781009342452

Trade paperback

The Universal Structure of Categories 2014, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781107038516

Hardcover