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Peer reviewedSampson, Geoffrey – Journal of Linguistics, 1978
Presents arguments refuting the Chomskian case for nativism, and shows that a theory of language universals may be used in support of the empiricist view. (AM)
Descriptors: Language Universals, Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages)
Peer reviewedNapoli, Donna Jo – Journal of Linguistics, 1979
Examines reflexivization in Italian and demonstrates that the proposals that (1) reflexive pronouns and their antecedents must be clausemates, and (2) the specified subject and tensed-S conditions, cannot be maintained as universals. (AM)
Descriptors: Grammar, Italian, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedZwicky, Arnold M. – Journal of Linguistics, 1972
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedFalk, Yehuda N. – Journal of Linguistics, 1991
Investigates a single linguistic universal that typifies the generative approach to grammar: morphological causativization. The study offers a predictive lexical analysis of causativization within the framework of Government/Binding theory, discusses syntactic and lexical analyses, and examines transitive verbs. Discussions concerning periphrastic…
Descriptors: French, Generative Grammar, Japanese, Language Research
