Actancy formatIsbn:Hardcover - 9783110156706 Frontmatter -- Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- I

the study scrutinizes the contradictory positions of Herder and von Seckendorff (or Goethe

Basic population genetics -- 2

primarily Indo-European linguistics and philology

Actancy formatIsbn:Hardcover - 9783110156706 Frontmatter -- Table of ContentsResearch on language universals and research on linguistic typology are not antagonistic, but rather complementary approaches to the same fundamental problem: the relationship between the amazing diversity of languages and the profound unity of language. Only if the true extent of typological divergence is recognized can universal laws be formulated. In recent years it has become more and more evident that a broad range of languages of radically