from
A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and
Philology
http://bit.ly/abibliog
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
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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
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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
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2015
Mairal, R.,
and J. Gil. "Los universales lingüísticos:
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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.*
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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
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O'Grady, Kathleen. "MIT Claims
to Have Found a Language Universal That Ties All Languages Together." Ars Technica 6 Aug. 2015.*
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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,
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Roberts, Ian G., Jeffrey Watumull and Noam Chomsky.
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Rutherford, W. E., and M.
Sharwood-Smith. 1988. "Consciousness Raising and Universal Grammar."
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Schmidt,
Deborah. "Against the universality of the Feature Geometry." Word 45.3 (Dec. 1994): 287-91.*
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Shepard R. "Perceptual-cognitive Universals as Reflections of the
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Sternberg, Meir. "Universals of Narrative and their Cognitivist
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Sugiyama,
Michelle Scalise. "Cultural Relativism in the Bush: Toward a Theory of
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USC. "Found in Translation: Universal Brain Activity When People
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2017
Watumull, Jeffrey,
and Noam Chomsky. "Rethinking universality." In Syntactic
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White, L. Universal Grammar and Second Language
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Logan Sutton, Eric Smith, Cristopher Moore, Jon F. Wilkins, Ian Maddieson,
William Croft, and Tanmoy Bhattacharya. "On the Universal Structure of
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Journals
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Everett, Daniel L. "How Language Began. Homo
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https://youtu.be/1hVijQZLEeM
2021