from
A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and Philology
by José Ángel García Landa
(University of Zaragoza, Spain)
Linguistic Universals
Alexiadou, Artemis, ed. Theoretical Approaches to Universals. (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 49). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2002. (Generative).
Aristotle. Peri hermeneias. (Writing, Speech, Truth, Verbs, Statements, Affirmation, Negation, Universality, Singularity, Plurality, Contraries, Contradictories, Opposites, Attribution, Modality).
_____. (Aristotle). On Interpretation (Peri hermeneias). Commentary by St. Thomas and Cajetan. Trans. and introd. Jean T. Oesterle. Milwaukee: Marquette UP, 1962.
_____. (Aristotle). On Interpretation. Selection. In Literary Criticism and Theory. Ed. R. C. Davis and L. Finke. London: Longman, 1989. 84-91.*
_____. (Aristóteles). Peri Hermeneias. Trans. Patricio de Azcárate. In Aristotle, Tratados de Lógica (el Organon). México: Porrúa, 1982. 49-64.*
_____. (Aristóteles). Sobre la interpretación. In Aristóteles, Tratados de lógica. Introd., trans. and notes by Miguel Candel Sanmartín. (Biblioteca Gredos). Barcelona: RBA, 2007. 293-336.* (Language, meaning, statements).
_____. (Aristóteles). Sobre la interpretación. In Aristóteles, Tratados de lógica. Introds., trans. and notes by Miguel Candel Sanmartín. Barcelona: RBA, 2015. 290-334.*
Arnold, D., et al., eds. Essays on Grammatical Theory and Universal Grammar. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990.
Bach, Emmon, and Robert T. Harms, eds. Universals in Linguistic Theory. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968.
Baronchelli, Andrea, Tao Gong, Vittorio Loreto and Andrea Puglisi. "On the Origin of Universal Categorization Patterns: An in silica Experiment." Abstract in The Evolution of Language. Ed. Andrew D. M. Smith et al. New Jersey: World Scientific, 2010. 365-66.*
Brettschneider, Gunter, and Chr. Lehmann, eds. Wege zur Universalienforschung. Sprachwissenschaftliche Beiträge zum 60. Geburtstag von Hansjakob Seiler. Tübingen: Narr, 1980.
Brown, Donald. Human Universals. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1991.
Brown, Penelope, and Stephen Levinson. "Universals in Language Usage: Politeness Phenomena." In Questions and Politeness: Strategies in Social Interaction. Ed. E. N. Goody. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1978. 56-289.
_____. Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1978. 1987. 2nd ed. 1994.
Carlisle, Robert S. "Syllable Structure Universals and Second Language Acquisition." Perspectives on Interlanguage Phonetics and Phonology. Monograph issue of International Journal of English Studies 1.1 (2001). 1-20.*
Comrie, Bernard. Language Universals and Linguistic Typology. Oxford: Blackwell, 1981.
_____. Language Universals and Linguistic Typology. 2nd ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1989.
Comrie, Bernard, Brian Butterworth and Osten Dahl, eds. Explanations for Language Universals. New York: Mouton, 1984.
Cook, Vivian J. Chomsky's Universal Grammar. Oxford: Blackwell, 1988.
Cook, Vivian, and Mark Newson. Chomsky's Universal Grammar. Oxford: Blackwell, 1995.
Croft, William. Typology and Universals. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1990.
Dahl, O., Brian Butterworth and Bernard Comrie, eds. Explanations for Language Universals. New York: Mouton, 1984.
Deacon, T. "Universal Grammar and Semiotic Constraints." In Language Evolution. Ed. M. Christiansen and S. Kirby. Oxford UP, 2003. 111-139.
Devine, J. "A Question of Universality: Conversational Principles and Implications." In On TESOL 1982. Ed. M. A. Clarke and J. Handscombe. Washington, D. C. : TESOL, 1982. 191-209.
Eisenberg, Peter. "Das Deutsche und die Universalien: Wenn der Kasus zurückschlägt." Linguistische Berichte 67 (1980): 63-67.
Escutia, Mariano. "Transfer and Universal Grammar in Unaccusative Constructions Errors." Miscelánea 37 (2008): 23-38.*
Foley, W. A., and R. D. Van Valin, Jr. Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1984.
García Landa, José Ángel. "Merge&Blend." In García Landa, Vanity Fea 31 Jan. 2012.*
http://vanityfea.blogspot.com/2012/01/merge-y-conceptual-integration.html
2012
Futrell, Richard, Kyle Mahowald and Edward Gibson. "Large-Scale Evidence of Dependency-Length Minimization in 37 Languages." PNAS 112.33 (August 2015): 10336-10441.*
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1502134112
http://www.pnas.org/content/112/33/10336
2017
Gipper, H. "Is There a Linguistic Relativity Principle?" In Universalism versus Relativism in Language and Thought. Ed. R. Pinxten.The Hague: Mouton, 1976.
Goddard, Cliff, and Anna Wierzbicka, eds. Meaning and Universal Grammar: Theory and Empirical Findings. 2 vols. (Studies in Language companion series, 60, 61). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2002.
Greenberg, J. H. Language Universals. Mouton, 1966.
_____, ed. Universals of Language. Cambridge (MA): M.I.T. Press, 1963. 1966.
Greenberg, Joseph H., Charles A. Ferguson, and Edith A. Moravcsic, eds. Universals of Human Language: 1. Method and Theory. 2. Phonology. 3. Word Structure. 4. Syntax. Stanford: Stanford UP, 1978.
Haiman, J., and P. Munro. Switch-Reference and Universal Grammar. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1983.
Hauser, M., N. Chomsky, and T. Fitch. "The Faculty of Language: What Is It, Who Has It, and How Did It Evolve." Science 198 (2002): 1569-79.*
Herman, David. Universal Grammar and Narrative Form. Durham (NC): Duke UP, 1995.
Hockett, Charles. "The Problem of Universals in Language." In Universals of Language. Ed. Joseph Greenberg. Cambridge (MA): MIT Press, 1963. 1-29.
Hogan, Patrick Colm. The Mind and Its Stories: Narrative Universals and Human Emotion. 2003.
Hopper, P. J., and S. A. Thompson. "The Discourse Basis for Lexical Categories in Universal Grammar." Language 60 (1984): 703-52.
Ibáñez Moreno, Ana. "A Semantic Analysis of Universal and Idiosyncratic Features of Induced Motion Verbs: From the Perspective of Language Typology." Journal of Universal Language 8.1 (2007): 23-49.
Jakobson, Roman. Child Language, Aphasia, and Phonological Universals. 1941.
_____. "Importancia de los universales del lenguaje para la lingüística." In Jakobson, Ensayos de lingüística general. Barcelona: Planeta-Agostini, 1985. 47-66.*
_____. "Sobre la teoría de las afinidades fonológicas entre las lenguas." In Jakobson, Ensayos de lingüística general. Barcelona: Planeta-Agostini, 1985. 197-216.*
Jenkins, L., ed. Variation and Universals in Biolinguistics. Amsterdam: Elsevier, forthcoming 2009.
Kirby, S., K. Smith, and H. Brighton. "From UG to Universals. Linguistic Adaptation through Iterated Learning." Studies in Language 28 (2004): 587-607.
Kunsmann, Peter. "Die Rolle der Universalgrammatik im Zweitspracherwerb." In Beiträge zu Sprache & Sprachen 3: Vorträge der 6. Münchner Linguistik-Tage. Ed. Karin Pittner and Robert J. Pittner. Munich: Lincom Europa.
Lieb, Hans-Heinrich. Universals of Language: Quandaries and Prospects. (Linguistische Arbeiten und Berichte [LAB] Berlin (West) 1). Berlin: Freie Universität, Fachbereich Germanistik, 1974.
_____. "Universals of language: Quandaries and prospects." Foundations of Language 12 (1975): 471-511.
_____. "Universals and Linguistic Explanation." In Universals of Human Language, Vol.1: Method & Theory. Ed. Joseph H. Greenberg, Charles A. Ferguson, and Edith A. Moravcsik. Stanford: Stanford UP, 1978. 157-202.
Lidz, Jeffrey, and Annie Gagliardi. "How Nature Meets Nurture: Universal Grammar and Statistical Learning." Annual Review of Linguistics 1.1 (Jan. 2015).*
http://linguistics.annualreviews.org
2015
Mairal, R., and J. Gil. "Los universales lingüísticos: Pasado y presente." In En torno a los universales lingüísticos. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003.
Martínez del Castillo, Jesús G. "Los universales en E. Coseriu: aplicación de una teoría." In Eugenio Coseriu in memoriam II. Ed. Jesús G. Martínez del Castillo. Granada: Granada Lingvistica, 2005.
Mendívil Giró, José Luis. "La Facultad del Lenguaje y la diversidad de las lenguas, ¿una paradoja?" Ciencia Cognitiva 29 April 2009.*
http://medina-psicologia.ugr.es/cienciacognitiva/?p=64
2017
_____. Origen, evolución y diversidad de las lenguas: Una aproximación biolingüística. (Studien zur romanischen Sprachwissenschaft und interkulturellen Kommunikation, ed. Gerd Wotjak, 52). Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Vienna, 2009.* (Universal grammar, minimalism, evolution of language).
_____. "Is Universal Grammar Ready for Retirement? A Short Review of a Longstanding Misinterpretation." Review of Linguistics (2017). Online at Academia (2017).*
https://www.academia.edu/31699153/
2017
Musolino, Julien. Universal Grammar and the Acquisition of Semantic Knowledge. (Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics). London: Routledge, 2002.
O'Grady, Kathleen. "MIT Claims to Have Found a Language Universal That Ties All Languages Together." Ars Technica 6 Aug. 2015.*
2017
Picó, Eliseo. "Adquisición y gramática universal: Una entrevista con Jürgen Meisel." Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada 6 (1990): 173-82.*
Pinker, S. The Language Instinct. New York: William Morrow; London: Allen Lane / Penguin Press, 1994.
_____. The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language. HarperCollins, 1994.
_____. The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind. 1994. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1995.*
_____. El instinto del lenguaje: cómo crea el lenguaje la mente. (Alianza psicología minor). Madrid: Alianza, 1996.
Pinxten, R., ed. Universalism versus Relativism in Language and Thought. The Hague: Mouton, 1976.
Roberts, Ian G., Jeffrey Watumull and Noam Chomsky. "Universal Grammar." In Xenolinguistics: Towards a Science of Extraterrestrial Language. Ed. Douglas A. Vakoch and Jeffrey Punske. London: Routledge, 2023. Online at Taylor & Francis.*
2023
Rutherford, W. E., and M. Sharwood-Smith. 1988. "Consciousness Raising and Universal Grammar." In Rutherford and Sharwood-Smith 1988.
Sampson, Geoffrey. The 'Language Instinct' Debate. Revised edition. London and New York: Continuum, 2005.
Schmidt, Deborah. "Against the universality of the Feature Geometry." Word 45.3 (Dec. 1994): 287-91.* (Phonology).
Shepard R. "Perceptual-cognitive Universals as Reflections of the World." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 (2001): 581–601.
Sternberg, Meir. "Universals of Narrative and their Cognitivist Fortune (I)." Poetics Today 24.2 (2003): 297- 395.
Sugiyama, Michelle Scalise. "Cultural Relativism in the Bush: Toward a Theory of Narrative Universals." Human Nature 14 (2003) 383-396.
USC. "Found in Translation: Universal Brain Activity When People Find Meaning in Stories, Regardless of Language." NeuroscienceNews 5 Oct. 2017.
http://neurosciencenews.com/brain-activity-language-stories-7669/
2017
Watumull, Jeffrey, and Noam Chomsky. "Rethinking universality." In Syntactic architecture and its consequences II: Between syntax and morphology. András Bárány, Theresa Biberauer, Jamie Douglas & Sten Vikner. Berlin: Language Science Press, 2020. 3-24.*
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4280627
https://zenodo.org/records/4280627
2024
White, L. Universal Grammar and Second Language Acquisition. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1989.
Youn, Hyejin, Logan Sutton, Eric Smith, Cristopher Moore, Jon F. Wilkins, Ian Maddieson, William Croft, and Tanmoy Bhattacharya. "On the Universal Structure of Human Lexical Semantics." PNAS 1 Feb. 2016.
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/01/25/1520752113.full.pdf
2016
Journals
Journal of Universal Language 8.1 (2007).
Series
(Arbeiten des Kölner Universalienprojekts, 48). 1982.
Video
Everett, Daniel L. "How Language Began. Homo erectus and the Origin of Language." Video lecture (U of Potsdam). YouTube (Einstein Forum) 12 Nov. 2018.* (Minimalism, universals, culture, language).
2021
