In the past three decades,therehas been a renewed interest in lin-guistic universals,as a result ofChomsky’s revolution.Terms like“language universals”,“formal uni-versals”,“substantive universals”arefrequently...In the past three decades,therehas been a renewed interest in lin-guistic universals,as a result ofChomsky’s revolution.Terms like“language universals”,“formal uni-versals”,“substantive universals”arefrequently found in linguistic litera-ture.What exactly is meant by“universals”?How valid are the claims made so far?These are the questions we will try to answer in this paper.展开更多
文摘In the past three decades,therehas been a renewed interest in lin-guistic universals,as a result ofChomsky’s revolution.Terms like“language universals”,“formal uni-versals”,“substantive universals”arefrequently found in linguistic litera-ture.What exactly is meant by“universals”?How valid are the claims made so far?These are the questions we will try to answer in this paper.
