Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ486545
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Life, the Universe, and Human Language (a Brief Synopsis).
Haiman, John
Language Sciences, v15 n4 p293-322 Oct 1993
The arbitrariness of linguistic categories is discussed. Consideration of some other fields of human activity suggests that the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is true, and it is suggested that the process of grammaticalization might be understood as a kind of ritualization. (57 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Classification, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Sociolinguistics
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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