The universal structure of categories : towards a formal typology / Martina Wiltschko, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Call Number	415
Author	Wiltschko, Martina, author.
Title	The universal structure of categories : towards a formal typology / Martina Wiltschko, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Physical Description	1 online resource (xx, 356 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series	Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 142
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	The universal structure of categories -- A history of ideas behind the spine -- The universal spine as a heuristic for the identification of grammatical categories -- Anchoring categories in independent clauses -- Anchoring categories in dependent clauses -- Nominal anchoring categories -- Categories that introduce a point of view -- Towards a formal typology.
Summary	Using data from a variety of languages such as Blackfoot, Halkomelem, and Upper Austrian German, this book explores a range of grammatical categories and constructions, including tense, aspect, subjunctive, case and demonstratives. It presents a new theory of grammatical categories - the Universal Spine Hypothesis - and reinforces generative notions of Universal Grammar while accommodating insights from linguistic typology. In essence, this new theory shows that language-specific categories are built from a small set of universal categories and language-specific units of language. Throughout the book the Universal Spine Hypothesis is compared to two alternative theories - the Universal Base Hypothesis and the No Base Hypothesis. This valuable addition to the field will be welcomed by graduate students and researchers in linguistics.
Subject	CATEGORIAL GRAMMAR. STRUCTURAL LINGUISTICS. LANGUAGE, UNIVERSAL.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139833899

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Summary	Using data from a variety of languages such as Blackfoot, Halkomelem, and Upper Austrian German, this book explores a range of grammatical categories and constructions, including tense, aspect, subjunctive, case and demonstratives. It presents a new theory of grammatical categories - the Universal Spine Hypothesis - and reinforces generative notions of Universal Grammar while accommodating insights from linguistic typology. In essence, this new theory shows that language-specific categories are built from a small set of universal categories and language-specific units of language. Throughout the book the Universal Spine Hypothesis is compared to two alternative theories - the Universal Base Hypothesis and the No Base Hypothesis. This valuable addition to the field will be welcomed by graduate students and researchers in linguistics.
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	The universal structure of categories -- A history of ideas behind the spine -- The universal spine as a heuristic for the identification of grammatical categories -- Anchoring categories in independent clauses -- Anchoring categories in dependent clauses -- Nominal anchoring categories -- Categories that introduce a point of view -- Towards a formal typology.
Subject	CATEGORIAL GRAMMAR. STRUCTURAL LINGUISTICS. LANGUAGE, UNIVERSAL.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139833899