03165nam 2200649 a 450 991078184730332120230823205044.01-283-31288-3978661331288490-272-7674-9(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|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInvariance, markedness and distinctive feature analysis a contrastive study of sign systems in English and Hebrew /Yishai TobinAmsterdam ;Philadelphia :J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,1994.1 online resource (428 pages)Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory,0304-0763 ;v. 11190-272-3614-3 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 ;111.Invariance, markedness, distinctive feature analysisEnglish languageGrammar, ComparativeHebrewHebrew languageGrammar, ComparativeEnglishLanguage and languagesVariationDistinctive features (Linguistics)Markedness (Linguistics)English languageGrammar, ComparativeHebrew.Hebrew languageGrammar, ComparativeEnglish.Language and languagesVariation.Distinctive features (Linguistics)Markedness (Linguistics)492.4/0143Tobin Y173056MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781847303321Invariance, markedness and distinctive feature analysis551431UNINA