Semantics and morphosyntactic variation : qualities and the grammar of property concepts / Itamar Francez and Andrew Koontz-Garboden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Francez, Itamar, author.

Koontz-Garboden, Andrew, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics.

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Explores why different languages have systematically different ways of saying the same thing. It focuses on adjectival predication and shows that systematic differences in the meaning of words expressing adjectival notions have systematic effects on the form of the sentences they appear in.

Contents:

Lexical semantics and morphosyntactic patterns

Variation in the form of property concept sentences: The explananda

The lexical semantic variation hypothesis

The locus of variation in property concept sentences

Meaning and category: semantic constraints on parts of speech

Quality nouns and other mass nouns.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 15, 2017).

ISBN:

9780191805837

0191805831

9780191062032

0191062030

OCLC:

1076647773

Publisher Number:

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198744580.001.0001

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access