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Semantics and Morphosyntactic Variation: Qualities and the Grammar of Property Concepts

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
256 Seiten
Englisch
Oxford University Presserschienen am23.03.2017
This book explores why different languages have systematically different ways of saying the same thing. It focuses on adjectival predication and shows that systematic differences in the meaning of words expressing adjectival notions have systematic effects on the form of the sentences they appear in.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextThis book explores why different languages have systematically different ways of saying the same thing. It focuses on adjectival predication and shows that systematic differences in the meaning of words expressing adjectival notions have systematic effects on the form of the sentences they appear in.

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1: Introduction: Lexical semantics and morphosyntactic patterns2: Variation in the form of property concept sentences: The explananda3: The lexical semantic variation hypothesis4: The locus of variation in property concept sentences5: Meaning and Category: Semantic constraints on parts of speech6: Quality nouns and other mass nouns7: Conclusionmehr

Autor

Itamar Francez is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. His research interests are mostly in the interaction of lexical, compositional, and contextual aspects of interpretation, and in the role of meaning in structuring morphosyntactic form. His work has appeared in journals such as Journal of Semantics, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, and Language.


Andrew Koontz-Garboden is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at The University of Manchester. He is interested in how word meaning shapes the grammars of particular languages and underpins aspects of the structural diversity of all languages. He also has interests in language documentation and description, and has done extensive work on the Misumalpan language Ulwa.
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