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Invariance, Markedness and Distinctive Feature Analysis : a contrastive study of sign systems in English and Hebrew.
This volume provides a new kind of contrastive analysis of two unrelated languages -- English and Hebrew -- based on the semiotic concepts of invariance, markedness and distinctive feature theory. It concentrates on linguistic forms and constructions which are remarkably different in each language d...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1994.
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| Colección: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ;
v. 111. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume provides a new kind of contrastive analysis of two unrelated languages -- English and Hebrew -- based on the semiotic concepts of invariance, markedness and distinctive feature theory. It concentrates on linguistic forms and constructions which are remarkably different in each language despite the fact that they share the same familiar classifications and labels. Tobin demonstrates how and why traditional and modern syntactic categories such as grammatical number; verb tense, aspect, mood and voice; conditionals and interrogatives; etc., are not equivalent across languages. It is argu. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (428 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-392) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027276742 9027276749 1283312883 9781283312882 9786613312884 6613312886 |
| ISSN: | 0304-0763 ; |