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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tobin, Y.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 111.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 111

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar, Comparative--Hebrew.

English language.

Hebrew language--Grammar, Comparative--English.

Hebrew language.

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Distinctive features (Linguistics).

Markedness (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Invariance, markedness, distinctive feature analysis

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

pt. 1. Theoretical and methodological background

pt. 2. Semantic integrality

pt. 3. Process and result in language

pt. 4. Specification in language.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-392) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31288-3

9786613312884

90-272-7674-9

OCLC:

759101358