10 Questions
What differentiates Slovenian from Hungarian in terms of conveying grammatical relationships?
Slovenian uses grammatical cases, while Hungarian relies on word order and postpositions
What does the parameter of containing grammatical cases differentiate between?
Typology and language universals
According to Greenberg's assumptions, what are the relevant components in a basic word order?
Subject, object, and verb
What is the relationship between typology and universals in the study of language variation?
They are interconnected facets of the same research endeavor
"Once it is established that all languages have vowels, the parameter of the presence or absence of vowels is no longer useful for studying variation across languages" - This statement refers to which concept?
"Language universals"
What concept refers to the properties along which languages actually vary?
Typology
What differentiates Slovenian from Hungarian in conveying grammatical relationships?
Word order
According to Greenberg, what are the relevant components in a basic word order?
Subject, object, and verb
What parameter differentiates languages like Slovenian from Hungarian?
Containing grammatical cases
"Once it is established that all languages have vowels, the parameter of the presence or absence of vowels is no longer useful for studying variation across languages" - This statement refers to which concept?
Language universals
Test your knowledge of language typology and universals based on the theoretical prerequisites discussed in chapters 2 and 3 of the Applied Linguistics MA program at the University of Pannonia Faculty of Humanities. Explore the conflict between typology and universals in theory and their interconnectedness in practice.
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