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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankLinguisticUniversalsThediscoveryof“linguisticuniversals”–thepropertiesthatalllanguageshaveincommon–isafundamentalgoaloflinguisticresearch.Linguistsfacethetaskofaccountingforwhylanguages,whichapparentlydiffersogreatlyfromoneanotheronthesurface,displaystrikingsimil
2、aritiesintheirunderlyingstructure.Thisvolumebringstogetherateamofleadingexpertstoshowhowdifferentlinguistictheorieshaveapproachedthischallenge.Drawingonworkfrombothformalandfunctionalperspectives,itprovidesacomprehensiveoverviewofthemostnotableworkonlinguisticuniversals–withchaptersonsyntax,s
3、emantics,phonology,morphology,andtypology–andexploresarangeofcentralissues,suchastherelationshipbetweenlinguisticuniversalsandthelanguagefaculty,andwhatlinguisticuniversalscantellusaboutourbiologicalmake-upandcognitiveabilities.Clear,succinct,andfullyup-to-date,itwillbeinvaluabletoanyoneseeki
4、ngagreaterunderstandingofthephenomenonthatishumanlanguage.ricardomairalisProfessorofEnglishLanguageandLinguisticsintheDepartamentodeFilolog´ıasExtranjerasysusLing¨u´ısticas,UniversidadNacionaldeEducaci´onaDistancia(UNED).juanagilisSeniorLecturerintheDepartamentodeLenguaEspa˜nolayLing¨u´ıstica
5、General,UniversidadNacionaldeEducaci´onaDistancia(UNED).LinguisticUniversalseditedbyRicardoMairalandJuanaGilcambridgeuniversitypressCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericab
6、yCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521837095©CambridgeUniversityPress2006Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewr
7、ittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublishedinprintformat2006isbn-13978-0-511-24925-9eBook(EBL)isbn-100-511-24925-XeBook(EBL)isbn-13978-0-521-83709-5hardbackisbn-100-521-83709-Xhardbackisbn-13978-0-521-54552-5paperbackisbn-100-521
