The Specific Features Of Definitional And Statistical Universals With Respect To Certain Linguistic Categories
Тип публікації :
Стаття
Дата випуску :
2020
Автор(и) :
Oleniak, Mariana
Мова основного тексту :
Англійська
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Журнал :
DACOROMANIA
Том :
25
Випуск :
1
ISSN :
1582-4438
Початкова сторінка :
66
Кінцева сторінка :
80
Цитування :
[APA 7] Oleniak, M. (2020). The Specific Features Of Definitional And Statistical Universals With Respect To Certain Linguistic Categories. DACOROMANIA, 25(1), 66–80. https://ir.library.knu.ua/handle/15071834/33035
[ДСТУ] Oleniak M. The Specific Features Of Definitional And Statistical Universals With Respect To Certain Linguistic Categories. DACOROMANIA. 2020. Vol. 25, no. 1. P. 66—80. URL: https://ir.library.knu.ua/handle/15071834/33035 (date of access: 08.09.2026).
Even the most superficial interest of an amateur in linguistic universals problem makes it apparent that the focus will be on certain general features characteristic of all human languages in general. Despite being seemingly elementary, the problem of language universals is not so univocally interpreted by the specialists.
Modern linguistics registers several types of language universals: 1) according to the method of formulation – deductive and inductive; 2) according to the logical form – simple and complex, and the latter in their turn are divided into implicationnal and non-implicational ones; 3) according to the axis – synchronic and diachronic; 4) according to the degree of universality – the absolute (full) and statistical (incomplete),
which are further subdivided into phonetic, grammatical, lexical ones, etc. Adjacent to statistical universals are ‘near universals’– tendencies, which describe frequent, rare and unique language features whose mere functions indicate that they can hardly be regarded in terms of universals, because universalism assumes typicality of elements, which is actually denied by, say, uniqueness. Each of these universals describes some aspect of human language, showing the plane of different languages or even cultures overlap. Thus, the theory of linguistic universals requires a certain understanding of the theory of language, which is not fully agreed upon.
Modern linguistics registers several types of language universals: 1) according to the method of formulation – deductive and inductive; 2) according to the logical form – simple and complex, and the latter in their turn are divided into implicationnal and non-implicational ones; 3) according to the axis – synchronic and diachronic; 4) according to the degree of universality – the absolute (full) and statistical (incomplete),
which are further subdivided into phonetic, grammatical, lexical ones, etc. Adjacent to statistical universals are ‘near universals’– tendencies, which describe frequent, rare and unique language features whose mere functions indicate that they can hardly be regarded in terms of universals, because universalism assumes typicality of elements, which is actually denied by, say, uniqueness. Each of these universals describes some aspect of human language, showing the plane of different languages or even cultures overlap. Thus, the theory of linguistic universals requires a certain understanding of the theory of language, which is not fully agreed upon.
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Галузі знань та спеціальності :
B11 Філологія (за спеціалізаціями)
Галузі науки і техніки (FOS) :
Гуманітарні науки
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