Shaping the Future of Language Studies is a ground-breaking appeal to students and professionals in the field of Linguistics and Literature and the Philosophy of Language. It presents a coherent challenge to those who are struggling with the problem of language universals and to those who are trying to find a principle of integration in the broad field of language studies. The full reach of the work is summed up in the title to Chapter 9: "Towards Methodological Restructuring in Language Studies." In the field of Linguistics, the Greenberg School, reaching quite beyond previous efforts such...