{"product_id":"possible-and-probable-languages-a-generative-perspective-on-linguistic-typology-9780199274338","title":"Possible and Probable Languages: A Generative Perspective on Linguistic Typology","description":"In this important and pioneering book Frederick Newmeyer seeks to explain the variety of languages. He combines the leading ideas of the functionalist and formalist approaches to linguistic typology, advocating principles of Universal Grammar to explain why some language types are impossible, and functional principles to explain why some grammatical features are more common than others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederick J. Newmeyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.38w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199274338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrederick J. Newmeyer\u003c\/strong\u003e is Howard and Frances Nostrand Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington in Seattle where he has taught since 1969. He was Secretary-Treasurer of the Linguistic Society of America from 1989 to 1993 and its President in 2002. He specializes in syntax and the history of linguistics and in his current research program seeks to synthesize the results of formal and functional linguistics. He is the author of the books \u003cem\u003eEnglish Aspectual Verbs\u003c\/em\u003e (1975), \u003cem\u003eLinguistic Theory in America\u003c\/em\u003e (1980), \u003cem\u003eGrammatical Theory: Its Limits and its Possibilities\u003c\/em\u003e (1983), \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Linguistics\u003c\/em\u003e (1986), \u003cem\u003eGenerative Linguistics: Historical Perspective\u003c\/em\u003e (1996), and \u003cem\u003eLanguage Form and Language Function\u003c\/em\u003e (1998). He was also editor of the four-volume compilation \u003cem\u003eLinguistics: The Cambridge Survey\u003c\/em\u003e (1988).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43201600323699,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":138.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e3e2d006-b910-4bbc-aa3d-436da5272f05.jpg?v=1752839124","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/possible-and-probable-languages-a-generative-perspective-on-linguistic-typology-9780199274338","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}