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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466158903321

Autore

Frajzyngier Zygmunt

Titolo

The role of functions in syntax : a unified approach to language theory, description, and typology / / Zygmunt Frajzyngier with Erin Shay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2016

©2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

Typological Studies in Language (TSL), , 0167-7373 ; ; Volume 111

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Functionalism (Linguistics)

Typology (Linguistics)

Linguistic models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The Role of Functions in Syntax; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; The importance of meaning for syntax; 1. The aim of the book; 2. A sample of open questions; 3. Significance of the book; 4. Content of the present volume; Part I: Theoretical and methodological foundations of the approach; Part II: Case studies; Part III: Typology within the proposed approach; Theoretical foundations of the proposed approach; 1. Introduction; 2. Semantic structure, functional domain and subdomain

4. Consequences of encoding locative predication in the grammatical system: Genitive predication in the locative phrase5. Conclusions; 5.1 Conclusions concerning Mina; 5.2 Theoretical conclusions; Lexical and morphological coding means and their implications; 1. Introduction; 2. Lexical categories, subcategories, and derivational morphology; 2.1 Lexical categories as a coding means; 2.2 An open question in lexical categories: Ideophones; 2.3 Motivation for lexical subcategories; 3. Verbal extensions; 4. Conclusions; Linear orders as coding means; 1.



Introduction

2. Linear order in linguistic theory