Invariance, markedness and distinctive feature analysis : a contrastive study of sign systems in English and Hebrew / / Yishai Tobin

• Autore: Tobin Y
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (428 pages)
• Disciplina: 492.4/0143
• Soggetto topico: English language - Grammar, Comparative - Hebrew; Hebrew language - Grammar, Comparative - English; Language and languages - Variation; Distinctive features (Linguistics); Markedness (Linguistics)
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-392) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Theoretical and methodological background -- pt. 2. Semantic integrality -- pt. 3. Process and result in language -- pt. 4. Specification in language.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 argu
• Altri titoli varianti: Invariance, markedness, distinctive feature analysis
• Titolo autorizzato: Invariance, markedness and distinctive feature analysis
• ISBN: 1-283-31288-3; 9786613312884; 90-272-7674-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781847303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; 111.