Title: Linguistic typology and language universals
Abstract: Linguistic typology is a theoretical approach to the study of human language, with
sophisticated methods and an impressive body of knowledge. The primary objective of
linguistic typology is to study the structural variation within human language with a view to
establishing limits on this variation and seeking explanations for the limits. Thus,
practitioners of linguistic typology – or linguistic typologists – tend to work with a large
number of languages in their research, typically asking ‘what is possible, as opposed to
impossible, in human language?’ or, more modestly, ‘what is more probable, as opposed to
less probable, in human language?’
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-07-16
Language: en
Type: article
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