Universals in syntax
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick J Newmeyer (0000-0001-8497-1848, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Linguistic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/tlir.2008.002 |
| OpenAlex | W2065685433 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 39 |
Two traditions devoted to the formulation and explanation of syntactic universals coexist in the field of linguistics. The surface universals tradition draws inductive generalizations pertaining to easily observable surface features in the world's languages. By and large it seeks to account for the universals that it uncovers by means of external, typically function-based, explanations. The deep universals tradition is part-and-parcel of most approaches to generative grammar. The central constructs of that theory, including the set of categories posited and the form of the principles at work, are ipso facto ‘deep universals’ provided by an innate Universal Grammar. Many generative grammarians take the position that deep universals are central to the explanation of surface universals, though there is good reason to be skeptical of such an idea. While most linguists would welcome a rapprochement between the two approaches to universals, a number of conceptual and empirical barriers stand in the way of its realization
Epistemology · Generative grammar · Grammar · Linguistic universal · Linguistics · Optimality theory · Phonology · Problem of universals · Syntax · Universal Grammar · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
The Place of Universal Grammar in the Study of Language and Mind
Learnability and semantic universals
Does Gokana really have no syllables? Or
Comparative concepts and descriptive categories in crosslinguistic studies
What Linguistic Universals Can Be True Of
The methodological incompatibility between an innate grammar and a bottom-up approach
Analysis and falsifiability in practice
On the question of linguistic universals
The Syntax of Null Subjects
A refutation of universal grammar
(Un)common denominators in research on emotion language
The Faculty of Language
Remarks on Holmberg’s Generalization
Symmetry in Syntax
Optimality And Functionality
Empirical assessment of stimulus poverty arguments
Word Order Universals
Methods in parametric linguistics and cognitive history
Against a parameter-setting approach to typological variation
Extending the extension condition to discontinuous idioms
Topicalization, CLLD and the left periphery
Ergativity
A-Chains At The Pf-Interface
Canonical government and the specifier parameter
Heaviness vs. newness
Heads
SVO languages and the OV
Notes on Long Adverbial Fronting in English and the Left Periphery
Pre-established categories don't exist
Linguistic typology requires crosslinguistic formal categories
Prefixing and suffixing universals in relation to basic word order
Building and Merging, not Checking
Head-ing toward PF
Noam Chomsky's Minimalist Program and the Philosophy of Mind. An Interview
Two Heads Aren't Always Better Than One
Object-verb order and adjective-noun order
Modifier-head or function-argument relations in phrase structure
Languages with object before subject
Some problems with the concept of basic word order
Grammar is Grammar and Usage is Usage
Information Structuring in Papago Narrative Discourse
The Greenbergian Word Order Correlations
Head-Marking and Dependent-Marking Grammar
Data on the Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy
Noun Phrase Accessibility Revisited
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,61 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |