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Some universals of reflexive construction markers and a possible efficiency-based explanation (conference talk, LSA annual meeting New Orleans) ...
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Some universals of reflexive construction markers and a possible efficiency-based explanation (conference talk, LSA annual meeting New Orleans) ...
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Testable universals, the natural-kinds programme, and presupposed universals in grammatical theorizing (conference handout) ...
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This talk will focus on the problems of presupposed universals and of empirical testing universals in general-theoretical linguistics. Paradoxically, universals of grammar have been very prestigious and prominent in linguistics since Greenberg (1963) and Chomsky (1965), but what exactly is universal in grammars is still largely unknown. Many linguists presuppose universals of various kinds (architectural universals like the syntax-morphology division, or substantive universals like phonological distinctive features or syntactic categories), but the universality of all these is very uncertain (see, e.g., Mielke 2008 on distinctive features, Haspelmath 2011 on the syntax-morphology division). The mere fact that established concepts can be applied to new data is not sufficient to corroborate the reality of these concepts if there is no clear sense of what observations would be inconsistent with them. To make true progress in general-theoretical linguistics, I argue that two kinds of steps need to be taken: ...
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URL: https://zenodo.org/record/3698147 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3698147
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The polycategoriality parameter: Noun-verb similarities in some languages of the Americas (conference talk, SSILA New Orleans) ...
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The polycategoriality parameter: Noun-verb similarities in some languages of the Americas (conference talk, SSILA New Orleans) ...
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The morph as a minimal linguistic form
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In: Morphology (Dordr) (2020)
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What is easier to understand, mechanisms or results of linguistic changes? ...
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Can cross-linguistic regularities be explained by constraints on change? ...
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Can cross-linguistic regularities be explained by constraints on change? ...
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Early encounters: Egyptian-Coptic studies and comparative linguistics in the century from Schlegel to Finck ...
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Cross-Linguistic Data Formats, advancing data sharing and re-use in comparative linguistics ...
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