tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post6387968305667717602..comments2023-10-25T02:16:28.192-06:00Comments on Ryan's linguistics blog: the four-way morphological typology of languagesRyan Denzer-Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015316224715016479noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-1418069910327888122008-10-23T06:31:00.000-06:002008-10-23T06:31:00.000-06:00Indeed, you can use patterns to predict many thing...Indeed, you can use patterns to predict many things about languages. Any language can be explained by a combination of the above patterns. This was my point, not that the patterns are unable to account for languages. They are, it's just that usually we need to reference indeces for these features rather than binary parameters.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845139257399756782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-69635235164382745612008-10-15T16:26:00.000-06:002008-10-15T16:26:00.000-06:00So, if no languages fit nicely into a category, wh...So, if no languages fit nicely into a category, why do you say there are a limited number of patterns that languages use?<BR/><BR/>How do you define a "pattern" in such a way that you can count them? Better yet, can you use these patterns to predict anything that you didn't already know? (Probably not.)<BR/><BR/>This sounds like your typology professor is forcing reality to fit a rather over-simplified theoretical position.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com