Innovation of Word Order Harmony Across Development
The tendency for languages to use harmonic word order patterns—orders that place heads in a consistent position with respect to modifiers or other dependents—has been noted since the 1960s. As with many other statistical typological tendencies, there has been debate regarding whether harmony reflect...
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The MIT Press
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Open Mind |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/OPMI_a_00010 |