{"product_id":"9781139985680","title":"The Universal Structure of Categories: Towards a Formal Typology","description":"Using data from a variety of languages such as Blackfoot, Halkomelem, and Upper Austrian German, this book explores a range of grammatical categories and constructions, including tense, aspect, subjunctive, case and demonstratives. It presents a new theory of grammatical categories - the Universal Spine Hypothesis - and reinforces generative notions of Universal Grammar while accommodating insights from linguistic typology. In essence, this new theory shows that language-specific categories are built from a small set of universal categories and language-specific units of language. Throughout the book the Universal Spine Hypothesis is compared to two alternative theories - the Universal Base Hypothesis and the No Base Hypothesis. This valuable addition to the field will be welcomed by graduate students and researchers in linguistics.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118616723696,"sku":"9781139985680","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781139985680_p0.jpg?v=1763700862","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781139985680","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}