Language Universals : With Special Reference to Feature Hierarchies

Greenberg's Language Universals is typical of his typological-theoretical work in its stunning originality.

Starting out from the observations underlying Praguian markedness, Greenberg contributes a mass of new data and generalizations and lays the foundations for a post-structuralist, usage-based theory of grammatical asymmetries.

This work will continue to be influential for many years to come.