ISBN:
9781402050381
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVI, 220 p, digital)
Series Statement:
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 69
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Harbour, Daniel Morphosemantic number
Parallel Title:
Print version Morphosemantic Number : From Kiowa Noun Classes to Ug Number Features
Keywords:
Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax
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Linguistics
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Indic philology
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Grammar, Comparative and general
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Phonology
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Semantics
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Numerus
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Morphosyntax
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Kiowa-Sprache
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Grammatik
Abstract:
Framework -- Kiowa's Noun Classes -- Number Features -- Agreement And Suppletion -- The Agreement Prefix -- Conclusions and Consequences
Abstract:
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; wide-ranging topics: nominal semantics, noun classes, DP syntax, agreement, suppletion, complex morphology
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4020-5038-1
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