Re: Language universals

Edward Heil wrote:

>Does anybody know where Greenberg's language universals can be
>found online, or can anyone post them?  I found them listed in a
>linguistics encyclopedia at Barnes & Noble, and really wanted to
>have them for reference, but I can't justify dropping $30 on the
>book for three pages of material (or indeed, dropping $30 on the
>book at all right now).
Try going to Rick Morneau's site with a bunch of essays he wrote on
language design. I believe he has one on universals. If not, then at
least you'll find a bunch of other interesting essays that you might
be able to use (if you're not using them already). The URL is:

http://www.srv.net/~ram/essays.html

Hope that helps,
-kristian- 8-)