The Universal Structure of Categories

by Martina Wiltschko

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009342452
• ISBN13: 9781009342452
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"