5 Questions
What is necessary to make generalizations about overall tendencies in human behavior under stress?
Working with a representative sample of individuals
What would be a serious methodological error in research on language universals?
Building aphoristic assumptions about the range of variation
What is necessary to have a reasonable chance of validating a given language universal?
Data from a wide range of languages
What does an implicational universal always involve?
At least t.
What are the limits placed on the range of variation in working on language universals?
The variation found across languages
Test your knowledge of language universals and linguistic typology with this quiz. Explore the practical reasons for studying language universals using data from a wide range of languages and consider the implications for research practice.
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