A Crosslinguistic Perspective On Clear And Approximate Categorization

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A Crosslinguistic Perspective on Clear and Approximate Categorization

Author : Hélène Vassiliadou
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527589099
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book A Crosslinguistic Perspective on Clear and Approximate Categorization written by Hélène Vassiliadou and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, research on clear and approximate categorizations and their manifestations in language has been generating a number of studies on syntax, semantics, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, philosophy, and logic. This is particularly interesting because these two operations have formally similar realizations even in languages belonging to different groups. The existence of a large number of type nouns testifies to their productivity. If these nouns serve to both categorize and approximate, the fundamental question is that of identifying the processes of interpretation concerned, since there is not always a consensus on interpretation. This book makes it clear that there are different ways to reach the category associated with a word by putting into perspective the issues surrounding the categorization and approximation and by comparing the ways of expression in languages belonging to different language groups. All in all, by investigating syntactic, morphological, and semantic correlations between type noun binominals and other constructions in various languages, this volume will provide an overview of the current state of research on the subject in order to help scholars and students to grasp the meaning and the cognitive foundations of approximation and categorization. The functioning of each language might clarify the links between categorization and approximation, two often opposed, yet essentially indissociable, operations.

Formal Perspectives on Secondary Predication

Author : Marcel den Dikken, Hideki Kishimoto
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110981939
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Formal Perspectives on Secondary Predication written by Marcel den Dikken, Hideki Kishimoto and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-05-17 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Type Noun Constructions in Slavic, Germanic and Romance Languages

Author : Wiltrud Mihatsch
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110701162
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Type Noun Constructions in Slavic, Germanic and Romance Languages by : Wiltrud Mihatsch

Download or read book Type Noun Constructions in Slavic, Germanic and Romance Languages written by Wiltrud Mihatsch and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-04-27 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first dedicated to the comprehensive, in-depth analysis of constructions with nouns like ‘type’ and ‘sort’. It focuses on type noun constructions in Romance, Germanic and Slavic languages, integrating the different descriptive traditions that had been developed for each language family. As a result, a greater variety of type noun constructions is revealed than in the hitherto more fragmented literature. But attention is also drawn to the cross-linguistic similarity of the new pragmatic meanings, such as ad hoc and approximative categorization, hedging, focus and filler uses, and the new grammatical functions in NPs (e.g. phoric uses), clauses (e.g. adverbial uses) and complex sentences (e.g. quotatives). The volume offers survey chapters of type noun constructions in each language family as well as contributions focusing on specific aspects in one or two languages, such as their grammar, semantics and pragmatics, diachronic development, discursive and sociolinguistic variety. These complementary methodologies elucidate the unique cross-linguistic field of type noun constructions both descriptively and theoretically. Hence, this volume can also serve as a model for similar surveys in other functional domains.

Building Categories in Interaction

Author : Caterina Mauri
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027258996
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Building Categories in Interaction by : Caterina Mauri

Download or read book Building Categories in Interaction written by Caterina Mauri and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the topic of linguistic categorization from a novel perspective. While most of the early research has focused on how linguistic systems reflect some pre-existing ways of categorizing experience, the contributions included in this volume seek to understand how linguistic resources of various nature (prosodic cues, affixes, constructions, discourse markers, ...) can be ‘put to work’ in order to actively build categories in discourse and in interaction, to achieve social goals. This question is addressed in different ways by researchers from different subfields of linguistics, including psycholinguistics, conversation analysis, linguistic typology and discourse pragmatics, and a major point of innovation is represented in fact by the interdisciplinary nature of the volume and in the systematic search for converging evidence.

Indexicality

Author : Peter Juul Nielsen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110791439
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Indexicality by : Peter Juul Nielsen

Download or read book Indexicality written by Peter Juul Nielsen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book offers the first full-scale focused treatment of linguistic indexicality as a tool for analysis and explanation of the organization of linguistic structures. The book demonstrates the application of the concept of indexicality in the description of a broad range of linguistic phenomena, from the internal workings of morphology via relations within syntactic constructions to lexical and grammatical elements designed to hook on to features outside the clause in the interactional context. The book offers a focused treatment of the general nature of linguistic indexicality in the larger perspective of the semiotics of language, including examinations of domain-straddling indexical functions. It presents studies of the role of indexicality in synchrony and diachrony with descriptive cases from a number of languages from diverse language families and it examines the way indexicality enters into the mechanisms of change, including examinations of semiotic shifts from indexical to symbolic function and vice versa. The book is relevant for researchers and students in historical and synchronic linguistics from a variety of linguistic frameworks with an interest in the role of semiotics in linguistic analysis.

Genders and Classifiers

Author : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192579266
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Book Synopsis Genders and Classifiers by : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald

Download or read book Genders and Classifiers written by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a comprehensive account of the typology of noun classification across the world's languages. Every language has some means of categorizing objects into humans, or animates, or by their shape, form, size, and function. The most widespread are linguistic genders - grammatical classes of nouns based on core semantic properties such as sex (female and male), animacy, humanness, and also shape and size. Classifiers of several types also serve to categorize entities. Numeral classifiers occur with number words, possessive classifiers appear in the expressions of possession, and verbal classifiers are used on a verb, categorizing its argument. These varied sorts of genders and classifiers can also occur together. This volume elaborates on the expression, usage, history, and meanings of noun categorization devices, exploring their various facets across the languages of South America and Asia, which are known for the diversity of their noun categorization. The volume begins with a typological introduction that outlines the types of noun categorization devices and their expression, scope, functions, and development, as well as sociocultural aspects of their use. The following nine chapters provide in-depth studies of genders and classifiers of different types in a range of South American and Asian languages and language families, including Arawak languages, Zamucoan, Hmong, and Japanese.

The Acquisition of Gender

Author : Dalila Ayoun
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027258392
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book The Acquisition of Gender written by Dalila Ayoun and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-01-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender as a morphosyntactic feature is arguably “an endlessly fascinating linguistic category” (Corbett 2014: 1). One may even say it is among “the most puzzling of the grammatical categories” (Corbett 1991: 1) that has raised probing questions from various theoretical and applied perspectives. Most languages display semantic and/or formal gender systems with various degrees of opacity and complexity, and even closely related languages present distinct differences, creating difficulties for second language learners. The first three chapters of this volume present critical reviews in three different areas – gender assignment in mixed noun phrases, subtle gentle biases and the gender acquisition in child and adult heritage speakers of Spanish – while the next six chapters present new empirical evidence in the acquisition of gender by bilingual children, adult L2/L3 learners and heritage speakers of various languages such as Italian, German, Dutch or Mandarin-Italian.

Linguistic Categorization

Author : John R. Taylor
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191608386
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Categorization written by John R. Taylor and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2003-11-06 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a readable and clearly articulated introduction to the field of Cognitive Linguistics. It explores the far-reaching implications of Eleanor Rosch's seminal work on categorization and prototype theory, extending the application of prototype theory from lexical semantics to morphology, syntax, and phonology. The third edition is fully revised and updated to include the considerable developments in Cognitive Linguistics since 1987. It covers recent research on polysemy, meaning relatedness and metaphors, as well as expanding the discussion of syntactic categories and the relevance of computer simulations.

Meaning and Grammar

Author : Michel Kefer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110128055
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Book Synopsis Meaning and Grammar by : Michel Kefer

Download or read book Meaning and Grammar written by Michel Kefer and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1992 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The series is a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. General problems are studied from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Conclusions are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. Special emphasis is given to little-known languages, whose analysis may shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics.

Classifiers

Author : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9786610375080
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Classifiers written by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and published by . This book was released on 2000-03-30 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text offers a cross-linguistic account of classifiers. Its range of exemplification includes major and minor languages from every continent and several of the examples are from the author's own fieldwork.

Argument Structure and Syntactic Relations

Author : Maia Duguine
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027288135
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Argument Structure and Syntactic Relations written by Maia Duguine and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07-14 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topic of this collection is argument structure. The fourteen chapters in this book are divided into four parts: Semantic and Syntactic Properties of Event Structure; A Cartographic View on Argument Structure; Syntactic Heads Involved in Argument Structure; and Argument Structure in Language Acquisition. Rigorous theoretical analyses are combined with empirical work on specific aspects of argument structure. The book brings together authors working in different linguistic fields (semantics, syntax, and language acquisition), who explore new findings as well as more established data, but then from new theoretical perspectives. The contributions propose cartographic views of argument structure, as opposed to minimalistic proposals of a binary template model for argument structure, in order to optimally account for various syntactic and semantic facts, as well as data derived from wider cross-linguistic perspectives.

The Development of Morphological Systematicity

Author : Hanna Pishwa
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783823350644
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (56 download)

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Book Synopsis The Development of Morphological Systematicity by : Hanna Pishwa

Download or read book The Development of Morphological Systematicity written by Hanna Pishwa and published by Gunter Narr Verlag. This book was released on 1995 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Syntax and Semantics

Author : Dieter Hillert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780126135312
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Syntax and Semantics written by Dieter Hillert and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Linguistic Categorization

Author : John R. Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Categorization written by John R. Taylor and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first accessible introduction to the "cognitive paradigm" in linguistics. Constrasting cognitive linguistics with the assumptions of Chomskyan linguistics, and drawing examples mainly from English, the book explores the potential of the study of word meaning, syntax, and phonology.

New Challenges in Typology

Author : Matti Miestamo
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110198908
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis New Challenges in Typology by : Matti Miestamo

Download or read book New Challenges in Typology written by Matti Miestamo and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixteen chapters in this volume are written by typologists and typologically oriented field linguists who have completed their Ph.D. theses in the first four years of this millennium. The authors address selected theoretical questions of general linguistic relevance drawing from a wealth of data hitherto unfamiliar to the general linguistic audience. The general aim is to broaden the horizons of typology by revisiting existing typologies with larger language samples, exploring domains not considered in typology before, taking linguistic diversity more seriously, strengthening the connection between typology and areal linguistics, and bridging the gap to other fields, such as historical linguistics and sociolinguistics. The papers cover grammatical phenomena from phonology, morphology up to the syntax of complex sentences. The linguistic phenomena scrutinized include the following: foot and stress, tone, infixation, inflection vs. derivation, word formation, polysynthesis, suppletion, person marking, reflexives, alignment, transitivity, tense-aspect-mood systems, negation, interrogation, converb systems, and complex sentences. More general methodological and theoretical issues, such as reconstruction, markedness, semantic maps, templates, and use of parallel corpora, are also addressed. The contributions in this volume draw from many traditional fields of linguistics simultaneously, and show that it is becoming harder and maybe also less desirable to keep them separate, especially when taking a broadly cross-linguistic approach to language. The book is of interest to typologists and field linguists, as well as to any linguists interested in theoretical issues in different subfields of linguistics.

Information Structuring of Spoken Language from a Cross-linguistic Perspective

Author : M. M. Jocelyne Fernandez
Publisher : ISSN
ISBN 13 : 9783110577860
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (778 download)

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Book Synopsis Information Structuring of Spoken Language from a Cross-linguistic Perspective by : M. M. Jocelyne Fernandez

Download or read book Information Structuring of Spoken Language from a Cross-linguistic Perspective written by M. M. Jocelyne Fernandez and published by ISSN. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information structure and the organization of oral texts have been rarely studied crosslinguistically. This book contains studies of the grammatical organization of information in languages from different areas (e.g. Amazonian, Finno-Ugric, South-Asian) from a variety of theoretical angles. It will be a valuable resource for researchers investigating the interaction of morphosyntax and discourse in familiar and less familiar languages.

Genders and Classifiers

Author : Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191878060
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Genders and Classifiers written by Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title offers a comprehensive account of the typology of noun classification across the world's languages. Every language has some means of categorizing objects into humans, or animates, or by their shape, form, size, and function. The most widespread are linguistic genders - grammatical classes of nouns based on core semantic properties such as sex (female and male), animacy, humanness, and also shape and size. Classifiers of several types also serve to categorize entities. Numeral classifiers occur with number words, possessive classifiers appear in the expressions of possession, and verbal classifiers are used on a verb, categorizing its argument. These varied sorts of genders and classifiers can also occur together.