Advances in the theory of the lexicon [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Dieter Wunderlich

• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (508 p.)
• Disciplina: 895.1/35
• Soggetto topico: Lexicology
• Soggetto non controllato: Theory of the lexicon; morphology; phonology; semantics; syntax
• Altri autori: WunderlichDieter
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction:What the study of the lexicon is about -- Concepts of the lexicon in theoretical linguistics -- Towards a structural typology of verb classes -- From rags to riches. Nominal linking in contrast to verbal linking -- A theory of Lexical Event Structures and its cognitive motivation -- The Ontology and diachrony of polysynthesis -- Linguistic perspectives on morphological processing -- The representation of inflectional morphology in the mental lexicon: An overview on psycho- and neurolinguistic methods and results -- Inheritance-based models of the lexicon -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: The book investigates the interface structure of the lexicon from various perspectives, including typology and processing. It surveys work on verb classes, verb-noun similarities, semantic representations, concepts and constructions of polysynthetic languages, research on the processing of inflectional and derivational elements, and new work on inheritance-based network models. The book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in all fields of linguistics and in the cognitive sciences.
• Titolo autorizzato: Advances in the theory of the lexicon
• ISBN: 1-282-19417-8; 9786612194177; 3-11-916403-8; 3-11-019781-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822632503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Interface explorations ; ; 13.