Missing persons
A case study in morphological universals
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 20344201 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jonathan David Bobaljik (0000-0002-7897-1857, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2008 |
| Volumen | 25 |
| Número | 1-2 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The Linguistic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676 |
| Editorial | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/tlir.2008.005 |
| OpenAlex | W2007272089 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 32 |
| Referencias citadas | 18 |
This article offers a case study of three absolute universals ranging over inventories of person marking in morphology. Certain logically possible distinctions are never drawn in morpheme inventories (either as pronouns or as agreement markers), though these distinctions may be expressed in other ways (and hence are not impossible a priori or for reasons of general cognition). After reviewing the literature, and dismissing apparent counter-examples, I submit that these universals bear on issues of formal versus functional explanation in linguistics, and suggest that the functionalist explanations of these facts currently on offer fall short of the mark. At least in this domain, it appears that there is a universal inventory of features which delimits the range of possible "persons" in language
Cognition · Cognitive linguistics · Epistemology · Linguistic universal · Linguistics · Morpheme · Problem of universals · Theoretical linguistics · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Obras citantes distintas | 32 |
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| Citas por año | 1,78 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 23 |