Language Universals

Language Universals

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Oct 8, 2009 · English · eBook (294 pages)
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Format eBook
Pages 294
Language English
Published Oct 8, 2009
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-10 1282267361
ISBN-13 9781282267367

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Languages differ from one another in bewildering and seemingly arbitrary ways. For example, in English, the verb precedes the direct object ('understand the proof'), but in Japanese, the direct object comes first. In some languages, such as Mohawk, it is

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Science & Technology Philosophy Manga Nature
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