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Hind, A. – Langages, 1976
Discusses the notion of explanatory adequacy with reference to a theory of generative phonology. An approach is suggested which defines the notion of possible processes based on natural language rules, rather than one which defines the notion of possible rules based on universal processes. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)
Descriptors: Definitions, Descriptive Linguistics, Epistemology, Generative Phonology
Peer reviewedCathey, James E.; Demers, Richard A. – Language, 1976
This article maintains that linguistic generalizations are likely to be invalid when they are based on data whose synchronic status is not well-defined. An example is made of the universal principles of grammatical rule ordering proposed in a 1974 study by Koutsoudas, Sanders, and Noll. (CLK)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Research
Trubetzkoy, N. S. – 1969
This first English edition of Trubetzkoy's classic work, translated by Christiane A.M. Baltaxe, treats some 200 phonological systems attested in the world's languages. Central to the book is the author's "Theory of Distinctiveness" which states that there are certain minimal distinctive phonic properties that appear to be universal…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedWheller, Max W. – Journal of Linguistics, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diagrams, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Research
Peer reviewedLakoff, George – Language, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedBrasington, R. W. P. – Journal of Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages)
Peer reviewedKanngiesser, Siegfried – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Generative Grammar
Peer reviewedHaiman, John – Language, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
Download full textGreenberg, Joseph H. – 1970
Use of "the language of observation" as a level of scientific discourse is exemplified. The formal properties of this language are characterized, and the derivability and feasibility of the axiomatic method as applied to it are considered. Also discussed are the theoretical and practical significance of this level with respect to various…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Phonology
Ruhlen, Merritt – 1973
This paper is an investigation of nasal vowels from both a synchronic and a diachronic point of view. Data from over 50 languages have been examined (some languages in much more detail than others) in an attempt to distinguish the aspects of vowel nasalization that are "universal" from those phenomena that are language-specific. This study is…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Universals
Peer reviewedKoutsoudas, Andreas; And Others – Language, 1974
Descriptors: Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language)
Peer reviewedShapiro, Michael – Language, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Universals
Wilbur, Ronnie – Langages, 1979
Presents a linguistic description of American Sign Language (ASL) phonology, morphology, and syntax. (AM)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Universals
Blust, Robert A. – 1973
This paper discusses the term "language universal" and posits a definition of a "counter-universal." It is proposed that the voiced aspirates of Bario Kelabit represent an exception to a posited phonological behavioral universal and are an important addition to the inventory of possible phonetic segments. (AM)
Descriptors: Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns
Peer reviewedDinnsen, Daniel A. – Language, 1974
Revised and expanded version of a paper presented at the University of Texas, Austin, October 1971 and at the Linguistic Society of America annual meeting, December 1971. (DD)
Descriptors: Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Grammar
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