Tense and Aspect in the Languages of Europe Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus based on a detailed analysis

based on a detailed analysis of typological diversity among individual languages

-- 39 The First Copernican: Rational Conversion as a Model for Scientific Change / Gross

PIRKKO -- The Pronoun minä 'I' in Urban Sweden Finnish / LAINIO

Manfred -- Backmatter

high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1874

Tense and Aspect in the Languages of Europe Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus based on a detailed analysisResearch on language universals and research on linguistic typology are not antagonistic, but rather complementary approaches to the same fundamental problem: the relationship between the amazing diversity of languages and the profound unity of language. Only if the true extent of typological divergence is recognized can universal laws be formulated. In recent years it has become more and more evident that a broad range of languages of radically