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Missing persons: A case study in morphological universals

Jonathan David Bobaljik

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Description:This article offers a case study of three absolute universals ranging over inventoriesof person marking in morphology. Certain logically possible distinctionsare never drawn in morpheme inventories (either as pronouns or as agreementmarkers), though these distinctions may be expressed in other ways (and henceare not impossible a priori or for reasons of general cognition). After reviewingthe literature, and dismissing apparent counter-examples, I submit that theseuniversals bear on issues of formal versus functional explanation in linguistics,and suggest that the functionalist explanations of these facts currently onoffer fall short of the mark. At least in this domain, it appears that there is auniversal inventory of features which delimits the range of possible “persons”in language.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Missing persons: A case study in morphological universals. To get started finding Missing persons: A case study in morphological universals, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This article offers a case study of three absolute universals ranging over inventoriesof person marking in morphology. Certain logically possible distinctionsare never drawn in morpheme inventories (either as pronouns or as agreementmarkers), though these distinctions may be expressed in other ways (and henceare not impossible a priori or for reasons of general cognition). After reviewingthe literature, and dismissing apparent counter-examples, I submit that theseuniversals bear on issues of formal versus functional explanation in linguistics,and suggest that the functionalist explanations of these facts currently onoffer fall short of the mark. At least in this domain, it appears that there is auniversal inventory of features which delimits the range of possible “persons”in language.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Missing persons: A case study in morphological universals. To get started finding Missing persons: A case study in morphological universals, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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