Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale

Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
Journal issue | 50 | 2016
Research Article | More Languages Than We Might Have Thought. Fewer Languages Than There Might Have Been

More Languages Than We Might Have Thought. Fewer Languages Than There Might Have Been

Abstract

In working toward an understanding of the syntactic component of the human language faculty, syntacticians necessarily ask question after question. One prominent question is: (1) What properties do all languages have in common? A related question is: (2) How exactly do languages vary in their syntax and what are the principled limits on that variation?


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Submitted: April 18, 2016 | Accepted: July 7, 2016 | Published Sept. 30, 2016 | Language: it

Keywords VariationLanguagesDialectsSyntax


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