Date: 07-Mar-2008 From: Jasper de Vaal <jasper.devaalspringer.com> Subject: Morphosemantic Number: Harbour (Ed) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Morphosemantic Number
Subtitle: From Kiowa Noun Classes to UG Number Features
Series Title: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Published: 2008
Publisher: Springer
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Editor: Daniel Harbour
Paperback: ISBN: 9781402050398 Pages: 220 Price: U.S. $ 74.95
Paperback: ISBN: 9781402050398 Pages: 220 Price: U.K. £ 38.50
Paperback: ISBN: 9781402050398 Pages: 220 Price: Europe EURO 49.95
Abstract:
Note: This is the paperback edition of a previously announced book.
Number is a major research domain in semantics, syntax and morphology. However, no current theory of number is applicable to all three fields. In this work, Harbour argues that a unified theory is not only possible, but necessary for the study of Universal Grammar. Through insightful analysis of unfamiliar data, he shows that one and the same feature set is implicated in semantic and morphological number phenomena alike, with syntax acting as the conduit between the two. At the heart of the study is an original treatment of Kiowa, a North American language with a remarkable constellation of characteristics, including semantically based noun classification and complex agreement morphology.
This volume presents:
- the foundations of a unified morphosemantic theory of number;
- insight into the flow of information from the lexicon, via syntax, into the morphology;
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