The Emergence of Distinctive Features |
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Author:
| Mielke, Jeff |
Series title: | Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-923337-3 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2008 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $92.68AUD $116.95 |
Book Description:
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Jeff Mielke presents the results of a crosslinguistic survey of natural classes of distinctive features covering almost six hundred of the world's languages drawn from a variety of different families. In doing so he systematically tests the supposition that features are innate and universal rather than learned and language-specific.
Jeff Mielke presents the results of a crosslinguistic survey of natural classes of distinctive features covering almost six hundred of the world's languages drawn from a variety of different families. In doing so he systematically tests the supposition that features are innate and universal rather than learned and language-specific.