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From Kiowa Noun Classes to UG Number Features
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Band 69

von: Daniel Harbour

96,29 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 11.03.2007
ISBN/EAN: 9781402050381
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 220

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<P>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, the author argues that a unified theory is not only possible, but necessary for the study of Universal Grammar. Through insightful analysis of unfamiliar data, the author 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.</P>
<P>This volume presents: (1) the foundations of a unified morphosemantic theory of number; (2) insight into the flow of information from the lexicon, via syntax, into the morphology; (3) wide-ranging topics: nominal semantics, noun classes, DP syntax, agreement, suppletion, complex morphology.</P>
Framework.- Kiowa's Noun Classes.- Number Features.- Agreement And Suppletion.- The Agreement Prefix.- Conclusions and Consequences.
<P>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,&nbsp;Harbour argues that a unified theory is not only possible, but necessary for the study of Universal Grammar. Through insightful analysis of unfamiliar data,&nbsp;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.</P>
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<P>This volume presents:</P>
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<LI>the foundations of a unified morphosemantic theory of number;</LI>
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<LI>insight into the flow of information from the lexicon, via syntax, into the morphology;</LI>
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<LI>wide-ranging topics: nominal semantics, noun classes, DP syntax, agreement, suppletion, complex morphology.</LI>
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The original thesis that semantic number and morphological number are unified phenomena Foundations of a unified morphosemantic theory of number Insight into the flow of information from the lexicon, via syntax, into the morphology Insightful discussion of important data from an unfamiliar language, Kiowa Wide ranging topics: nominal semantics, noun classes, DP syntax, agreement, suppletion, complex morphology

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