Function and Class in Linguistic Description

TRAMA

This book deals with the traditional problem of the classification of linguistic units, with a primary focus on word classes. The approach is descriptive rather than theoretical, and is based on the use of distinctive features analogous to the ones used in phonology, which entails a radical reworking of the traditional classification. The first part presents some basic notions such as the use of distinctive features and the role of word classes in grammar; classification by prototypes; and the use of world knowledge as a resource to assign thematic relations to constituents in the sentence. In the second part, some descriptive problems are examined, namely the classification of verbs according to valency; connectives, adverbs, and the internal constituents of the NP; and the classification of units larger than words. This book will be of use as a guide for linguists working on the description of natural languages, as well as a resource for students on courses in linguistic theory and description.

SOMMARIO

Chapter 1: IntroductionPart I: General PrinciplesChapter 2: Categorization and knowledgeChapter 3: Form and meaningChapter 4: Word classesChapter 5: Classes and the grammarChapter 6: PrototypesChapter 7: Assignment by default.- Part II: Descriptive ApplicationChapter 8: Classification of verbsChapter 9: Constructions of directional motion: a guided tour of valential complexityChapter 10: Functions and classes in the NPChapter 11: Towards a taxonomy of connectivesChapter 12: Adverbs and their relativesChapter 13: Features and grammatical descriptionChapter 14: Semantic correlations and syntactic featuresChapter 15: Beyond the lexiconChapter 16: Summary

AUTORE

Mário A. Perini is Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He is the author of Describing Verb Valency (2015) and Thematic Relations (2019).

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9783030781750
• Dimensioni: 210 x 148 mm Ø 460 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: XII, 338 p. 3 illus.
• Pagine Arabe: 338
• Pagine Romane: xii