Surface Word-Order Typology and Universal Grammar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3007865 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Coopmans (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55 |
| Publication date | 1984-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/414190 |
| OpenAlex | W2319383471 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 9 |
This paper criticizes the view of Hawkins (1979, 1980, 1982) that the theory of Universal Grammar must include implicational and distributional universals of word order. It shows that universals based on frequency counts of surface word order—as worked out, e.g., by Greenberg 1966—need to be reformulated in order to be relevant to the problem of language acquisition. More specifically, it discusses H's claim that the principle of Cross-Category Harmony can shed light on the proper formulations of the X' schemas of generative grammar. Finally, it is shown how survey studies of word order can be relevant to forming initial hypotheses about certain properties of grammar, and how the study of language typology might proceed within the generative framework
Grammar · Linguistic typology · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Typology · Word (group theory) · Word order · Computer Science · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1984 - 2009 (26) |
| Highly cited | No |