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The question of rule ordering: some common fallacies1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Andreas Koutsoudas
Andreas Koutsoudas
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University of Iowa
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The main goal of linguistic research is to develop a theory of grammar, i.e. a set of universal principles to characterize human language. Since languages vary superficially, this goal is achieved only when it is shown that superficial differences among languages can be accounted for by the theory of grammar. Clearly, then, the more that superficial differences among languages can be accounted for by universal principles, the more the field will advance. This conclusion is best stated by Perlmutter (1971): … progress in linguistics depends on extracting as much as possible from grammars of particular languages and formulating general principles from which the facts of particular languages will follow as automatic consequences….

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 1980 , pp. 19 - 35
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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