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4 octobre 2013
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simeonfloyd, « Do field linguists really ask the “wrong questions”? A reply to Haspelmath (2012a) », Diversity Linguistics Comment, ID : 10.58079/nssr
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In a recent paper on word classes, Haspelmath (2012a) takes field linguists to task for asking the “wrong questions,” like whether the major word classes are universal or present in a particular language. The problem with this claim is that the field linguists he cites are not asking these questions at all. While they may advocate a particular best analysis, they do not usually make either explicit or implicit universalists claims (the main exception being Chung 2012 who says that her analys...