03251nam 2200673 a 450 991045795660332120200520144314.01-283-31288-3978661331288490-272-7674-9(CKB)2550000000062889(EBL)793548(OCoLC)759101358(SSID)ssj0000538071(PQKBManifestationID)11965817(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538071(PQKBWorkID)10556906(PQKB)10372188(MiAaPQ)EBC793548(Au-PeEL)EBL793548(CaPaEBR)ebr10508960(EXLCZ)99255000000006288919940906d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInvariance, markedness and distinctive feature analysis[electronic resource] a contrastive study of sign systems in English and Hebrew /Yishai TobinAmsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjamins Pub. Co.c19941 online resource (428 p.)Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory,0304-0763 ;v. 111Description based upon print version of record.90-272-3614-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-392) and indexes.pt. 1. Theoretical and methodological background -- pt. 2. Semantic integrality -- pt. 3. Process and result in language -- pt. 4. Specification in language.This volume provides a new kind of contrastive analysis of two unrelated languages - English and Hebrew - based on the semiotic concepts of invariance, markedness and distinctive feature theory. It concentrates on linguistic forms and constructions which are remarkably different in each language despite the fact that they share the same familiar classifications and labels.Tobin demonstrates how and why traditional and modern syntactic categories such as grammatical number; verb tense, aspect, mood and voice; conditionals and interrogatives; etc., are not equivalent across languages. It is arguAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.Series IV,Current issues in linguistic theory ;v. 111.Invariance, markedness, distinctive feature analysisEnglish languageGrammar, ComparativeHebrewHebrew languageGrammar, ComparativeEnglishLanguage and languagesVariationDistinctive features (Linguistics)Markedness (Linguistics)Electronic books.English languageGrammar, ComparativeHebrew.Hebrew languageGrammar, ComparativeEnglish.Language and languagesVariation.Distinctive features (Linguistics)Markedness (Linguistics)492.4/0143Tobin Y891697MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457956603321Invariance, markedness and distinctive feature analysis2086838UNINA