Word classes : nature, typology and representations / edited by Raffaele Simone, Roma Tre University ; Francesca Masini, Alma Mater Studiorum - University Of Bologna.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simone, Raffaele, editor.

Masini, Francesca, editor.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Word (Linguistics).

Typology (Linguistics).

Parts of speech.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammatical catagories.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

vi, 293 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.

Contents:

1 Foreword and acknowledgements p. vii

2 Introduction p. 1 / Raffaele Simone; Francesca Masini

3 PART I. Types of word classes

4 Carving verb classes from corpora p. 17 / Alessandro Lenci

5 Classes of creation verbs p. 37 / Elisabetta Jezek

6 On Light Nouns p. 51 / Raffaele Simone; Francesca Masini

7 The 'new adjectives' of Tswana p. 75 / Denis Creissels

8 The Chinese adjective as a word class p. 95 / Giorgio Francesco Arcodia

9 Qualifying modifier encoding and adjectival typology p. 119 / Luca Alfieri

10 PART II. Minor and neglected word classes

11 Hungarian is a classifier language p. 141 / Anikó Csirmaz; Éva Dékány

12 Cardinal numerals p. 161 / Rossella Pannain; Anna Riccio

13 On the borders of neglected word classes p. 181 / Anna S#337;rés

14 PART III. Across word classes

15 Between adjective and noun p. 203 / Peter Lauwers

16 On decategorization and its relevance in German p. 227 / Livio Gaeta

17 PART IV. Radical views: Do we really need word classes?

18 Word-class features and reduplicative meaning p. 245 / Haritini Kallergi

19 Half and other unique words p. 263 / Maarten Janssen

20 Index of languages p. 283

21 Index of names p. 285

22 Index of subjects p. 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789027248510

9027248516

OCLC:

879583613