Features : perspectives on a key notion in linguistics / edited by Anna Kibort and Greville G. Corbett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kibort, Anna.

Corbett, Greville G.

Series:

Oxford linquistics Features

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Language and languages--Grammars.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text presents a critical overview of current work on linguistic features - gender, number, case, person, etc. - and establishes new bases for their use in the study and understanding of language.

Contents:

Contents; Notes on contributors; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I: Key Notions; 2. Features: essential notions; 3. Feature hierarchies and contrast in phonology; 4. Towards a typology of grammatical features; Part II: Perspectives from Syntactic Description and Theory; 5. Features in categorization, or a new look at an old problem; 6. The definiteness feature at the syntax-semantics interface; 7. Features in periphrastic constructions; 8. A Minimalist theory of feature structure; Part III: Formal Perspectives; 9. Features and computational semantics

10. Feature geometry and predictions of locality11. Inessential features and expressive power of descriptive metalanguages; References; Author index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z; Language index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; X; Y; Subject index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-316) and indexes.

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ISBN:

0-19-157450-3

9786613348241

1-283-34824-1

OCLC:

922970082