Categorial features : a generative theory of word class categories / Phoevos Panagiotidis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Panagiotidis, Phoevos.

Series:

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 145.

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 145

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Categorial grammar.

Language, Universal.

Physical Description:

xv, 207 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Summary:

"Proposing a novel theory of parts of speech, this book discusses categorization from a methodological and theoretical point a view. It draws on discoveries and insights from a number of approaches - typology, cognitive grammar, notional approaches, and generative grammar - and presents a generative, feature-based theory. Building on up-to-date research and the latest findings and ideas in categorization and word-building, Panagiotidis combines the primacy of categorical features with a syntactic categorization approach, addressing the fundamental, but often overlooked, questions in grammatical theory. Designed for graduate students and researchers studying grammar and syntax, this book is richly illustrated with examples from a variety of languages and explains elements and phenomena central to the nature of human language"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Theories of grammatical category

2. Are word class categories universal?

3. Syntactic decomposition and categorizers

4. Categorial features

5. Functional categories

6. Mixed projections and functional categorizers

7. A summary and the bigger picture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-203) and index.

ISBN:

9781107038110

1107038111

OCLC:

883836286

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