Possible and probable languages a generative perspective on linguistic typology

In this important and pioneering text, Frederick Newmeyer takes on the question of language variety. He considers why some language types are impossible and why some grammatical features are more common than others

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Main Author: Newmeyer, Frederick J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2005, 2005
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