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This paper is a critical review and discussion of a novel approach to deriving typological universals directly from UG based principles and parameters. (See Potsdam, 2009), this issue.) It points out the pluses and minuses of such a research program and provides additional examples from Western Malayo-Polynesian languages (Indonesian and Batak), which illustrate the issues involved in extending the approach to a larger number of languages.
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Hermon, G. Language typology and universal grammar: a commentary on the paper by Eric Potsdam. Nat Lang Linguist Theory 27, 773–787 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11049-009-9079-z
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