Possible and Probable Languages - Paperback - Frederick J. Newmeyer - Oxford University Press
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Choose your country or region Close. Ebook This title is available as an ebook. To purchase, visit your preferred ebook provider. Oxford Scholarship Online This book is available as part of Oxford Scholarship Online - view abstracts and keywords at book and chapter level. Newmeyer Explains the variety of languages and shows why some cannot exist One of the very few works in typological theory Clear style enlivened with wit Combines the two main linguistic theories - formalism and functionalism Former President of the Linguistics Society of America Main featured speaker at the German Linguistics Association Conference.
Possible and Probable Languages
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