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Language networks : the new word grammar /

This book presents a new theory of how we learn and use our knowledge of language and puts this to work in explorations of morphology, syntax, semantics, and sociolinguistics. It introduces the latest version of the author's influential theory of Word Grammar and shows how it can be used to exp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hudson, Richard A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Colección:Oxford linguistics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • 1 Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Conceptual Networks
  • 1.2 Classification and the Isa Relation
  • 1.3 Quantity, Optionality, and 'Variables'. 1.4 Multiple Default Inheritance
  • 1.5 Logic
  • 1.6 Spreading Activation
  • 1.7 Processing
  • 1.8 Learning
  • 1.9 Evaluating the Theory
  • 2 Morphology
  • 2.1 Outline
  • 2.2 Lexemes, Inflections, and Features
  • 2.3 Words, Forms, Phonology, and Realization
  • 2.4 Variants and Syncretism
  • 2.5 Derivation and Inflection
  • 2.6 Compounding
  • 2.7 Morphological Structure
  • 2.8 Fused Words
  • 2.9 Clitics
  • 2.10 A Summary of Morphological Categories
  • 3 Syntax
  • 3.1 Dependency Structure, not Phrase Structure
  • 3.2 Word Order, Landmarks, Precedence Agreement
  • 3.3 Selection and Constructions
  • 3.4 Agreement and Features
  • 3.5 Dependency Types and Constructions
  • 3.6 Mixed Categories
  • 3.7 Unrealized Words and Ellipsis
  • 3.8 A Summary of Syntactic Categories
  • 4 Gerunds
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 The Challenge of English Gerunds
  • 4.3 Previous Analyses
  • 4.4 Noun Classes and Noun Phrases
  • 4.5 Gerunds as Nouns
  • 4.6 Gerunds as Verbs
  • 4.7 The Debris of History: Possessives and No/Any
  • 4.8 The Route from Old English
  • 4.9 Conclusion
  • Semantics and Sociolinguistics / 5 Meaning
  • 5.1 Meaning
  • 5.2 Language, Ontology, Signals and Symbols
  • 5.3 Evolution and Meaning
  • 5.4 Referents, Definiteness, Binding, Negation, and Tense
  • 5.5 Plurals, Quantifiers, and Sets
  • 5.6 Semantic Relations and Recycling
  • 5.7 Power and Solidarity
  • 5.8 Languages, Stereotypes, and Code-Mixing
  • 5.9 Acts of Identity and Inherent Variability
  • References
  • Index
  • A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.Q.R.S.T.U.V.W.X.Y.Z. Last Page.