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Download full textMoravcsik, Edith A. – 1971
Four hypotheses concerning the linguistic structure of yes-no questions and their answers are considered as hypotheses relating to the abstract structure of yes-no questions and to this abstract structure in all human languages. The universal base hypotheses are the following: (1) The abstract representation of all yes-no questions includes two…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Questioning Techniques
Moravcsik, Edith A. – 1969
This paper argues that the hypothesis that all languages have a definitization process is empirically refutable, and that use of the terminology "definite" and "indefinite" is justified in that it reflects intuitions of grammarians and linguists. The following statements are tested against evidence from samples of different languages: (1) all noun…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Determiners (Languages), Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
