Explaining Language Universals

by John A. Hawkins

Book Overview

This book addresses one of the most fundamental questions that can be asked about language: how can we explain language universals? There are currently many different views of this question. Some argue for the innateness of general linguistic principles within the human species. Others see a more social foundation to language, with linguistic structure reflecting various communicative functions. Yet others appleal to the psychological demands placed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631174567
• ISBN13: 9780631174561
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"