Language Universals
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| Originally published | April 2007 |
| Authors | Morten H. Christiansen |
| Shimon Edelman | |
| Chris Collins | |
| Editors | Morten H. Christiansen |
| Shimon Edelman | |
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| ID | 2078676 |
About Language Universals
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 not even possible to establish a basic word order. . . .