| Lemma | universal [c] |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Le Page (1977) |
| Titolo | Processes of Pidginization and Creolization |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | universal [a] (inglese) universal [b] (inglese) universal [d] (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | We must distinguish such universals [a] from those which may derive from some supposed innate, language-specific characteristics of man on the one hand [b], and those which derive from the physical nature of the medium on the other [c]. Under [universals] [c] one must be aware of the differential properties of 'speech' and language in an oral tradition as compared with those of 'writing' and language in a literate tradition; it is too readily assumed that the abstraction ‘language’ means the same in each case. Universals of type [c] would include loudness or repetition for emphasis, or closer linear juxtaposition for close syntactic structure. |