Special Issue: Argument Realization in Morphology and Syntax
Title | Special Issue: Argument Realization in Morphology and Syntax PDF eBook |
Author | Olga Borik |
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Pages | 156 |
Release | 2014 |
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Argument Realization
Title | Argument Realization PDF eBook |
Author | Beth Levin |
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Pages | 278 |
Release | 2008 |
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Meaning and Grammar of Nouns and Verbs
Title | Meaning and Grammar of Nouns and Verbs PDF eBook |
Author | Doris Gerland |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 429 |
Release | 2014-11-05 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3110720078 |
The papers collected in this book cover contemporary and original research on semantic and grammatical issues of nouns and noun phrases, verbs and sentences, and aspects of the combination of nouns and verbs, in a great variety of languages. A special focus is put on noun types, tense and aspect semantics, granularity of verb meaning, and subcompositionality. The investigated languages and language groups include Austronesian, East Asian, Slavic, German, English, Hungarian and Lakhota. The collection provided in this book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students specialising in the fields of semantics, morphology, syntax, typology, and cognitive sciences.
Issues in Morphosyntax
Title | Issues in Morphosyntax PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Ackema |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 325 |
Release | 1999-05-15 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027282250 |
Of particular interest to morphologists and syntacticians Issues in Morphosyntax aims to contribute to the discussion on the question whether there exists a separate morphological module in the grammar, distinct from the other modules, with special focus on the connection of morphology with syntax. The view that is defended is that morphological operations do not take place in syntax, but that they are governed by the same principles that govern syntax. There are morphological categories distinct from syntactic categories, which appear in their own domain, below the zero X-bar level, so in this sense there is a morphological module. However, this module is not distinct from the syntactic one, in the sense that the same principles apply equally to the morphological and the syntactic domain. Specific topics of discussion include Noun Incorporation, past participle constructions in Germanic (passives, perfects, and auxiliary selection) and Lexical Integrity effects.
Special Issue Morphology and Its Interfaces
Title | Special Issue Morphology and Its Interfaces PDF eBook |
Author | Dany Amiot |
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Pages | 167 |
Release | 2014 |
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Special Issue on Comparative Germanic Syntax
Title | Special Issue on Comparative Germanic Syntax PDF eBook |
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Pages | 334 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Germanic languages |
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The Morphology of Chinese
Title | The Morphology of Chinese PDF eBook |
Author | Jerome L. Packard |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2000-08-03 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1139431668 |
This ground breaking study dispels the common belief that Chinese 'doesn't have words' but instead 'has characters'. Jerome Packard's book provides a comprehensive discussion of the linguistic and cognitive nature of Chinese words. It shows that Chinese, far from being 'morphologically impoverished', has a different morphological system because it selects different 'settings' on parameters shared by all languages. The analysis of Chinese word formation therefore enhances our understanding of word universals. Packard describes the intimate relationship between words and their components, including how the identities of Chinese morphemes are word-driven, and offers new insights into the evolution of morphemes based on Chinese data. Models are offered for how Chinese words are stored in the mental lexicon and processed in natural speech, showing that much of what native speakers know about words occurs innately in the form of a hard-wired, specifically linguistic 'program' in the brain.