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Noun Classes and Categorization

Author : Colette Grinevald Craig
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027228744
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Noun Classes and Categorization by : Colette Grinevald Craig

Download or read book Noun Classes and Categorization written by Colette Grinevald Craig and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is about the nature of categories in cognition and the relevance of these in language description, especially classifier systems. The classical view of categories was that they were discrete and based upon clusters of properties which were inherent to the entities. In recent years this conception has been challenged in different fields. By now prototype theory has established itself as one of the main approaches in linguistics. This volume brings classifier systems to the attention of cognitive psychologists dealing with the phenomenon of human categorization. For the general linguist it shows what can be learned from classifier systems into any theory on the nature of language organization, it will challenge some of the most entrenched notions in the field of linguistics, notions of what language is made of and how it functions.

Gender and Noun Classification

Author : Eric Mathieu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0198828101
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Book Synopsis Gender and Noun Classification by : Eric Mathieu

Download or read book Gender and Noun Classification written by Eric Mathieu and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the many ways by which natural languages categorize nouns into genders or classes. The findings in the volume have significant implications for syntactic theory and theories of interpretation, and contribute to a greater understanding of the interplay between inflection and derivation.

Classifiers

Author : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191543985
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Classifiers written by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-03-30 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost all languages have some ways of categorizing nouns. Languages of South-East Asia have classifiers used with numerals, while most Indo-European languages have two or three genders. They can have a similar meaning and one can develop from the other. This book provides a comprehensive and original analysis of noun categorization devices all over the world. It will interest typologists, those working in the fields of morphosyntactic variation and lexical semantics, as well as anthropologists and all other scholars interested in the mechanisms of human cognition.

Classifiers

Author : Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Classifiers by : Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd

Download or read book Classifiers written by Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 576 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.

Systems of Nominal Classification

Author : Gunter Senft
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521770750
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Systems of Nominal Classification written by Gunter Senft and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-08-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 2000, addresses the fundamental linguistic question of how the perceived world is expressed through systems of nominal classification that are grammatically encoded in various languages. A team of leading international scholars reviews the whole spectrum of nominal classification, from gender systems through to numeral classifiers, providing cutting-edge theoretical interpretations and empirical case studies based on a wide range of languages. The volume presents ideas about the problems of classification, advances theory by proposing typological categories and clarifies the interface between anthropological and grammatical work. Focusing on systems that have a conceptual-semantic basis, the contributors reflect and represent approaches in nominal classification research. This invaluable reference work will appeal to linguists, anthropologists and psychologists alike, as well as specialists in languages as diverse as Australian, Amazonian, Mayan and Japanese.

Phoronyms

Author : Christopher I. Beckwith
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9781433101397
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Phoronyms written by Christopher I. Beckwith and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book devoted to the phoronym, a largely overlooked grammatical category that includes measures such as «cup» in «a cup of tea», classifiers such as «head» in «ten head of cattle», and other types, all of which occur in the pseudopartitive construction. Both measures and noun classification (the defining feature of classifiers) are thought to occur in all languages, so the phoronym is a linguistic universal. This book is the first to combine the two major theoretical approaches to the topic and includes the first detailed studies of group classifiers and repeaters, as well as the first study of classifiers in Finnish and Russian. It also covers class nouns and their components - which are connected grammatically and semantically to both classifiers and gender - and discusses possible connections of classifiers with sublinguistic cognition. The analysis focuses on Mandarin Chinese, English, Japanese, and Thai, but Finnish, Hungarian, Tibetan, Uzbek, and other languages are also discussed.

The English Noun Phrase

Author : Evelien Keizer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107320798
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The English Noun Phrase written by Evelien Keizer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-09 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English has an interesting variety of noun phrases, which differ greatly in structure. Examples are 'binominal' (two-noun) phrases ('a beast of a party'); possessive constructions ('the author's opinion'); and discontinuous noun phrases ('the review [came out yesterday] of his book'). How are these different noun phrases structured? How do we produce and understand them? These questions are central to this study, which explores the interaction between the form of noun phrases, their meaning, and their use. It shows how, despite the need in linguistic analysis for strict categories, many linguistic constructions in fact defy straightforward classification - and concludes that in order to fully explain the internal structure of utterances, we must first consider the communicative, pragmatic and cognitive factors that come into play. Drawing on a range of authentic examples, this book sheds light not only on the noun phrase itself but also the nature of linguistic classification.

Approaches to the Typology of Word Classes

Author : Petra Maria Vogel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110161021
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (61 download)

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Book Synopsis Approaches to the Typology of Word Classes by : Petra Maria Vogel

Download or read book Approaches to the Typology of Word Classes written by Petra Maria Vogel and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2000 with total page 538 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.

Noun Classes

Author : Robert Malcolm Ward Dixon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Noun Classes written by Robert Malcolm Ward Dixon and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criteria for recognition of noun class as a grammatical category in a given language; grammatical properties of noun classes; evolution; semantic basis; illustrates from many languages including Worora, Marithiel and others in N.T. & W.A. (data from Capell), Endindiljaugwa (data from Worsley) and Dyirbal.

Word Classes

Author : Raffaele Simone
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027269769
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Word Classes written by Raffaele Simone and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universal and typological status of the notion of word class — closely related to part-of-speech systems, morphology, syntax and the lexicon-syntax interface — continues to be of major linguistic theoretical interest. The papers included in this volume offer a fresh look at the variety of current theoretical and descriptive approaches to word class issues, and present original analyses and new data from a number of languages. The primary focus is on methods (including computational ones) and criteria for identifying and representing major word classes and subclasses in specific languages, with considerable attention also directed towards the characterization of the nature and role of minor — or neglected — word classes, including trans-categorization processes. The range of topics and perspectives covered makes this volume of considerable interest to both theoretical linguists and typologists.

Adjective Classes

Author : R.M.W. Dixon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199270937
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Adjective Classes written by R.M.W. Dixon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-16 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows that every language has an adjective class and how such classes vary. Thirteen scholars report original research on languages from North, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. The book throws new light on the nature and classification of adjectives and redefines the cross-linguistic parameters of their variation.

Cross-Categorial Classification

Author : Serge Sagna
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110632764
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Cross-Categorial Classification written by Serge Sagna and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-03-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Languages in which non-finite verbs (infinitives, gerunds etc.) are classified using the same linguistic means as nouns are rare. This typologically unusual phenomenon is found in some Atlantic (Niger-Congo) languages, including Jóola languages like Eegimaa, Fogny and Kwatay, where several different noun class/gender prefixes (NCPs) are used to classify both nouns and verbs. In this book, it is argued following Sagna (2008), that these parallel morphosyntactic classifications in the nominal domain and verbal domains also reflect parallel semantic categorisation of entities and events. The main topics investigated in this book are word class flexibility between nouns and verbs, non-finiteness, noun class/gender (where morphological classes are analysed separately from agreement classes) and the semantic principles underlying the categorisation of entities and events. One of the central findings proposed in this book is that instances of NCP alternations on non-finite verbs reflect strategies of event delimitation. This book will be of interest to scholars investigating parts-of-speech systems, finiteness, systems of nominal and verbal classification, and linguistic categorization.

Nominal Classification

Author : Marcin Kilarski
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027270902
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Nominal Classification written by Marcin Kilarski and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first comprehensive survey of the study of gender and classifiers throughout the history of Western linguistics. Based on an analysis of over 200 genetically and typologically diverse languages, the author shows that these seemingly arbitrary and redundant categories play in fact a central role in the lexicon, grammar and the organization of discourse. As a result, the often contradictory approaches to their functionality and semantic motivation encapsulate the evolving conceptions of such issues as cognitive and cultural correlates of linguistic structure, the diverse functions of grammatical categories, linguistic complexity, agreement phenomena and the interplay between lexicon and grammar. The combination of a typological and historiographic perspective adopted here allows the reader to appreciate the detail and insight of earlier, supposedly ‘prescientific’ accounts in light of the data now available and to examine contemporary discussions in the context of prevailing conceptions in the study of language at different points in its history since antiquity.

Categorial Features

Author : Phoevos Panagiotidis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107038111
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Categorial Features written by Phoevos Panagiotidis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposes a novel theory of parts of speech, bringing together the latest research and discoveries.

English Noun Classes and Generative Lexical Mechanisms

Author : Makin McDaid Abdulkhaliq
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Noun Classes and Generative Lexical Mechanisms written by Makin McDaid Abdulkhaliq and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Genders and Classifiers

Author : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Publisher : Explorations in Linguistic Typ
ISBN 13 : 0198842015
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Genders and Classifiers written by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and published by Explorations in Linguistic Typ. This book was released on 2019-08-03 with total page 333 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.

Modern Syntax

Author : Andrew Carnie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139495046
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Modern Syntax written by Andrew Carnie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-13 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical coursebook introduces all the basics of modern syntactic analysis in a simple step-by-step fashion. Each unit is constructed so that the reader discovers new ideas, formulates hypotheses and practises fundamentals. The reader is presented with short sections of explanation with examples, followed by practice exercises. Feedback and comment sections follow to enable students to monitor their progress. No previous background in syntax is assumed. Students move through all the key topics in the field including features, rules of combination and displacement, empty categories, and subcategorization. The theoretical perspective in this work is unique, drawing together the best ideas from three major syntactic frameworks (minimalism, HPSG and LFG). Students using this book will learn fundamentals in such a way that they can easily go on to pursue further study in any of these frameworks.