Rethinking universals : how rarities affect linguistic theory /

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Imprint:	Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 288 pages) : illustrations, map
Language:	English
Series:	Empirical approaches to language typology ; 45 Empirical approaches to language typology ; 45.
Subject:	Typology (Linguistics) Linguistic universals. Grammar, Comparative and general. Grammar, Comparative and general. Linguistic universals. Typology (Linguistics) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11214598

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Other authors / contributors:	Wohlgemuth, Jan. Cysouw, Michael.
ISBN:	9783110220933 3110220938 9783110220926 311022092X 1282716360 9781282716360 9786612716362 6612716363
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. In English. Print version record.
Summary:	Rarissima and rara, features and properties found only in one or very few languages, tell us as much about the capacities and limits of human language(s) as do universals. Explaining the existence of such rare phenomena on the one hand, and the fact of their rareness or uniqueness on the other, proves a reasonable and interesting challenge to any theory of how human language works.
Other form:	Print version: Rethinking universals. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010 9783110220926
Standard no.:	9786612716362 10.1515/9783110220933

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