Universals of Language

by Joseph H. Greenberg and Ed. Greenberg, Joseph H.

Book Overview

Papers from the first International Conference on Universals in Language, uniting perspectives from linguistics, cultural anthropology, and psychology. In 1961, the first International Conference on Universals in Language convened to consider the possibility of creating "something of the order of cross-cultural files for a large sample of languages."In the preliminary memorandum of this historic meeting, it was proposed that "midst infinite diversity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262570084
• ISBN13: 9780262570084
• Release Date: March 1966
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher