Methods for Finding Language Universals in Syntax

Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 76, Issue , 2009, Pages 145-164

  Croft, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

generative grammar; methodology; syntactic argumentation; Syntactic universals; typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249094963     PISSN: 09244670     EISSN: 22150358     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8825-4_8     Document Type: Chapter

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