LINGUIST List 17.3356

Thu Nov 16 2006

Books: Lexicography: Packard

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Directory         1.    Joyce Reid, The Morphology of Chinese: Packard

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Message 1: The Morphology of Chinese: Packard
Date: 07-Nov-2006
From: Joyce Reid <jreidcup.org>
Subject: The Morphology of Chinese: Packard


Title: The Morphology of Chinese Subtitle: A Linguistic and Cognitive Approach Published: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
                http://us.cambridge.org

Author: Jerome L Packard Paperback: ISBN: 0521026105 Pages: 351 Price: U.S. $ 50.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0521026105 Pages: 351 Price: U.K. £ 29.00
Abstract:

This ground breaking study dispels the common belief that Chinese 'doesn'thave words' but instead 'has characters'. Jerome Packard's book provides acomprehensive discussion of the linguistic and cognitive nature of Chinesewords. It shows that Chinese, far from being 'morphologicallyimpoverished', has a different morphological system because it selectsdifferent 'settings' on parameters shared by all languages. The analysis ofChinese word formation therefore enhances our understanding of worduniversals. Packard describes the intimate relationship between words andtheir components, including how the identities of Chinese morphemes areword-driven, and offers new insights into the evolution of morphemes basedon Chinese data. Models are offered for how Chinese words are stored in themental lexicon and processed in natural speech, showing that much of whatnative speakers know about words occurs innately in the form of ahard-wired, specifically linguistic 'program' in the brain.

1. Introduction;2. Defining the word in Chinese;3. Chinese word components;4. Gestalt Chinese words;5. X-bar analysis of Chinese words;6. Lexicalization and Chinese words;7. Chinese words and the lexicon;8. Chinese words: conclusions;References;Index.


Linguistic Field(s): Lexicography                             Linguistic Theories
Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
Written In: English (eng )

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