Faculty of Language

Martin Haspelmath (MP) and I inhabit different parts of the (small) linguistics universe. Consequently, we tend to value very different kin...

Linguistic theory has a curious asymmetry, at least in syntax.   Let me explain. Aspects distinguished two kinds of universals, struct...

Let’s say we find two languages displaying a common pattern, or two languages converging towards a common pattern, or even all languages do...