Basic linguistic theory [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2 Grammatical topics / / R.M.W. Dixon

• Autore: Dixon Robert M. W. <1939->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (508 p.)
• Disciplina: 410
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general; Linguistics - Research - Methodology; Linguistics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of tables and figures; How to read this book; Preface; Abbreviations and conventions; 10. Grammatical Word and Phonological Word; 10.1. Types of word; 10.2. What is a word?; 10.3. Phonological word; 10.4. Grammatical word; 10.5. Clitics; 10.6. Relationship between grammatical and phonological words; 10.7. Interjections; 10.8. The social and mental status of words; 10.9. Summary; 10.10. What to investigate; Sources and notes; 11. Distinguishing Noun and Verb; 11.1. Preliminaries; 11.2. Major functions; 11.3. Multiple functions or zero derivation? ; 11.4. Structures of noun phrases with difierent heads11.5. Properties of predicates with difierent heads; 11.6. Grammatical categories associated with verbs; 11.7. Grammatical categories associated with nouns; 11.8. Further criteria; 11.9. Summary; 11.10. What to investigate; Sources and notes; 12. The Adjective Class; 12.1. Parameters of variation; 12.2. Why recognize an adjective class?; 12.3. Criteria for recognition; 12.4. The semantic content of adjective classes; 12.5. Distinguishing types of adjective class; 12.5.1. Distinguishing between adjective and verb classes ; 12.5.2. Distinguishing between adjective and noun classes12.5.3. Adjectives grammatically similar to both verbs and nouns; 12.5.4. Adjectives grammatically difierent from both verbs and nouns; 12.6. Languages with restricted functional possibilities for adjectives; 12.7. Languages with two adjective classes; 12.8. Correlations with other grammatical parameters; 12.9. Semantic overlapping between word classes; 12.10. Summary; 12.11. What to investigate; Appendix Distinguishing Noun, Verb, and Adjective in Fijian; Sources and notes; 13. Transitivity; 13.1. Clausal transitivity ; 13.2. Marking of core arguments13.2.1. Recognizing cases; 13.3. Transitivity classes of verbs; 13.4. More complex types; 13.5. The semantic bases; 13.5.1. Identifying A; 13.5.2. Identifying O; 13.5.3. Ways of expressing 'giving'; 13.5.4. Split systems of marking; 13.5.5. Transitivity classes; 13.6. Non-canonical marking of core arguments; 13.6.1. ATTENTION and LIKING verbs; 13.7. Summary; 13.8. What to investigate; Appendix 1. Beyond 'accusative' and 'ergative'; Appendix 2. Confusing uses of terms 'unaccusative' and 'unergative'; Sources and notes; 14. Copula Clauses and Verbless Clauses ; 14.1. Introduction14.2. Contrasting functions of adjectives and nouns; 14.3. Syntax; 14.4. Relational meanings; 14.4.1. Multiple copulas; 14.5. Forms; 14.5.1. Negative copulas; 14.6. Occurrence and omission; 14.7. Historical development; 14.8. Summary; 14.9. What to investigate; Sources and notes; 15. Pronouns and Demonstratives; 15.1. The category of pronoun; 15.1.1. Person and number; 15.1.2. 'Me and you'; 15.1.3. Neutralization; 15.1.4. Gender; 15.1.5. Social niceties; 15.1.6. A further 'person', and impersonal/indefinite; 15.1.7. Grammatical properties; 15.1.8. Pronoun elaboration ; 15.1.9. Bound pronouns
• Sommario/riassunto: In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a new and fundamental characterization of the nature of human languages and a comprehensive guide to their description and analysis. In three clearly written and accessible volumes, he describes how best to go about doing linguistics, the most satisfactory and profitable ways to work, and the pitfalls to avoid. In the first volume he addresses the methodology for recording, analysing, and comparing languages. He argues thatgrammatical structures and rules should be worked out inductively on the basis of evidence, explaining in detail the steps
• Titolo autorizzato: Basic linguistic theory
• ISBN: 1-383-04656-5; 1-299-31352-3; 0-19-157145-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781193103321
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