The Oxford handbook of word classes / edited by Eva van Lier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lier, Eva Helena van, 1978- editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks in linguistics.

Oxford handbooks online.

Oxford handbooks in linguistics

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parts of speech.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Handbook of word classes

Word classes

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This handbook explores multiple facets of the study of word classes, also known as parts of speech or lexical categories. The contributions showcase the importance of word classes for the whole discipline of linguistics, while also highlighting the many ongoing debates in the areas and outlining fruitful avenues for future research.

Contents:

Cover

Series

The Oxford Handbook of Word Classes

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of figures and tables

List of abbreviations

Notes on the contributors

1. Introduction

Part I Fundamental issues

2. Word-​class universals and language-​particular analysis

3. Levels of analysis and word classes (root, stem, word)

4. Lexical vs grammatical words

5. Transcategorial operations

6. Word-​class systems and other grammatical properties

Part II Theoretical approaches

7. Word classes in Formal Semantics

8. Word classes in Cognitive Grammar

9. Word classes and gradience

10. Lexeme classes and word classes in Functional Discourse Grammar

11. Word classes in Radical Construction Grammar

12. Word classes in Minimalist Syntax

13. Lexical categories in Distributed Morphology

14. Word classes in Head-​driven Phrase Structure Grammar

15. Word classes in Lexical Functional Grammar

Part III Specific word classes

16. Verbs

17. Nouns

18. Adjectives

19. Adverbs

20. Adpositions

21. Demonstratives

22. Ideophones

23. Interjections

Part IV Word classes in genetic and areal language groups

24. Word classes in Egyptian, Semitic, and Cushitic (Afroasiatic)

25. Word classes in Mande languages

26. Word classes in Australian languages

27. Word classes in Indo-​European languages

28. Word classes in classical Chinese

29. Word classes in Salish languages

30. Word classes in Iroquoian languages

31. Word classes in Eskimo-​Aleut languages

32. Word classes in Mayan languages

33. Word classes in Maweti-​Guarani languages

34. Word classes in Quechuan languages

35. Word classes in Austronesian languages

36. Word classes in Timor-​Alor-​Pantar and the Papuan region

37. Word classes in sign languages.

Part V Word classes in linguistic subdisciplines

38. Word classes in corpus linguistics

39. Word classes and grammaticalization

40. Word classes in first language acquisition

41. Word classes in second language acquisition

42. Word classes in language contact

43. Word classes in psycholinguistics

44. Word classes in neurolinguistics

45. Word classes in computational linguistics and artificial intelligence

References

Index of languages

Subject index handbook of word classes

Series.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 2, 2023).

ISBN:

9780191887185

0191887188

9780192594358

0192594354

9780192594365

0192594362

OCLC:

1410599293