Chapter All typologies leak Predicates of change in Lowland Chontal of Oaxaca
In his (1921) book, Language, Sapir made the famous observation, "All grammars leak" (38). By this he meant that within the systematic paradigms, rules and routinized patterns of any grammar, we always find a few irregularities and surprises. The same can be said for linguistic typologies....
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Main Author: | O'Connor, Loretta (auth) |
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Other Authors: | Epps, Patience (Editor), Arkhipov, Alexandre (Editor) |
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De Gruyter
2009
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