Principles and Prediction

The volume is divided into four sections: typology, syntax, discourse and phonology. Two of the typology papers study the structure and organization of category systems ( Joseph Greenberg, Linda Schwartz ); the third discusses language typology and universals from the perspective of language acquisition ( Fred Eckman ).The eight papers in the syntax section are of three types. Edith Moravcsik and James Tai discuss 'general' issues of linguistic theory/domain. Four papers ( Mushira Eid, Michael K