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This discussion note by Martin Haspelmath emphasizes the distinction between descriptive categories specific to individual languages and comparative concepts created for crosslinguistic comparison. It argues against the notion of universally applicable crosslinguistic categories, advocating for a methodology that relies on comparative concepts to facilitate meaningful comparisons across languages. The paper highlights that while descriptive categories vary between languages, comparative concepts can be univ
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