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Accounting for rare typological features in formal syntax: three strategies and some general remarks
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Frederick J. Newmeyer
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- The other end of universals: theory and typology of rara 1
- Rarities in numeral systems 11
- Additional rarities in the typology of numerals 61
- Explaining typologically unusual structures: the role of probability 91
- Right at the left edge: initial consonant mutations in the languages of the world 105
- “Quirky” case: rare phenomena in case-marking and their implications for a theory of typological distributions 139
- Negatives without negators 169
- Accounting for rare typological features in formal syntax: three strategies and some general remarks 195
- Rara and grammatical theory 223
- Pairwise comparisons of typological profiles 241
- Language endangerment, community size and typological rarity 255
- Backmatter 279
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- The other end of universals: theory and typology of rara 1
- Rarities in numeral systems 11
- Additional rarities in the typology of numerals 61
- Explaining typologically unusual structures: the role of probability 91
- Right at the left edge: initial consonant mutations in the languages of the world 105
- “Quirky” case: rare phenomena in case-marking and their implications for a theory of typological distributions 139
- Negatives without negators 169
- Accounting for rare typological features in formal syntax: three strategies and some general remarks 195
- Rara and grammatical theory 223
- Pairwise comparisons of typological profiles 241
- Language endangerment, community size and typological rarity 255
- Backmatter 279
