Flexible word classes typological studies of underspecified parts of speech
This is a major cross-linguistic study of 'flexible words', i.e. words that cannot be classified in terms of the traditional lexical categories verb, noun, adjective or adverb. It includes new cross-linguistic studies of word class systems as well as original descriptive and theoretical co...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Oxford linguistics. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40510918*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Flexible word classes in linguistic typology and grammatical theory / Eva van Lier and Jan Rikhoff
- 2. Parts-of-speech systems as a basic typological determinant / Kees Hengeveld
- 3. Derivation and categorization in flexible and differentiated languages / Jan Don and Eva van Lier
- 4. Riau Indonesian : a language without nouns and verbs / David Gil
- 5. Parts of speech in Kharia : a formal account / John Peterson
- 6. Proper names, predicates, and the parts-of-speech system of Santali / Felix Rau
- 7. Unidirectional flexibility and the noun-verb distinction in Lushootseed / David Beck
- 8. Lexical categories in Gooniyandi, Kimberly, Western Australia / William B. McGregor
- 9. Jack of all trades : the Sri Lanka Malay flexible adjective / t Sebastian Nordhoff
- 10. Word class systems between flexibility and rigidity : an integrative approach / Walter Bisang.
