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The goal of this study is to challenge the monopoly of arbitrariness, which has possibly affected many models of linguistic description and analysis.
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The goal of John Haiman's study is to challenge the monopoly of arbitrariness, which he believes has affected in significant ways many models of linguistic description and analysis, notably those proposed by Saussure and more recently by Chomsky and his associates.
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