Between grammar and lexicon / / edited by Ellen Contini-Morava, Yishai Tobin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811836003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; [Great Britain], : J. Benjamins, c2000
• ISBN: 1-282-16377-9; 9786612163777; 90-272-9964-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xxxii, 365 p. : ill
• Collana: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 183
• Altri autori (Persone): Contini-MoravaEllen <1948->; TobinY
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetti: Grammar, Comparative and general - Grammatical categories; Lexicology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers from a session held within the Fifth International Cognitive Linguistics Conference on July 18th, 1997, at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: BETWEEN GRAMMAR AND LEXICON -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: Number and Gender Systems Across Languages -- 1. Noun Classification Systems -- Noun Class as Number in Swahili -- Deixis and Noun-Classification in Pilagá and Beyond -- 2. Number Systems -- Number in the English Substantive -- From Number to Gender, from Dual to Virile -- The Dual Number in Hebrew -- 3. Gender Systems -- The Acategorial Lexicon and the Pairing Strategies -- Grammatical and Lexical Behavior in the Development of the Spanish Third-Person Clitics -- The Grammar of English Gender -- Recasting Animacy -- PART II: Verb Systems and Parts of Speech Across Languages -- 1. Tense and Aspect -- Eventuality Classification -- Resultativeness -- 2. Parts of Speech -- Complex -er Nominals -- Modern Hebrew Adverbials -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume has its origins in a theme session entitled: "Lexical and Grammatical Classification: Same or Different?" from the Fifth ; International Cognitive Linguistics Conference. It includes theme session presentations, additional papers from that conference, and several invited contributions. All the articles explore the relationship between lexical and grammatical categories, both illustrating the close interaction, as well as questioning the strict dichotomy, between them. This volume promotes a holistic view of classification reflecting functional, cognitive, communication, and sign-oriented approaches to language which have been applied to both the grammar and the lexicon.The volume is divided into two parts. Part I, Number and Gender Systems Across Languages, is further subdivided into three sections: (1) Noun Classification; (2) Number Systems; and (3) Gender Systems. Part II, Verb Systems and Parts of Speech Across Languages, is divided into two sections: (1) Tense and Aspect and (2) Parts of Speech. The analyses represent a diverse range of languages and language families: Bantu (Swahili), Guaykuruan (Pilagá), Indo-European (English, Russian, Polish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Spanish) and Semitic (Hebrew).