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Flexible word classes : typological studies of underspecified parts of speech /

This is a major cross-linguistic study of 'flexible words', i.e. words that cannot be classified in terms of the traditional lexical categories verb, noun, adjective or adverb. It includes new cross-linguistic studies of word class systems as well as original descriptive and theoretical co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rijkhoff, Jan (Editor ), Lier, Eva Helena van, 1978- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Oxford linguistics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Flexible word classes in linguistic typology and grammatical theory / Eva van Lier and Jan Rikhoff
  • 2. Parts-of-speech systems as a basic typological determinant / Kees Hengeveld
  • 3. Derivation and categorization in flexible and differentiated languages / Jan Don and Eva van Lier
  • 4. Riau Indonesian : a language without nouns and verbs / David Gil
  • 5. Parts of speech in Kharia : a formal account / John Peterson
  • 6. Proper names, predicates, and the parts-of-speech system of Santali / Felix Rau
  • 7. Unidirectional flexibility and the noun-verb distinction in Lushootseed / David Beck
  • 8. Lexical categories in Gooniyandi, Kimberly, Western Australia / William B. McGregor
  • 9. Jack of all trades : the Sri Lanka Malay flexible adjective / t Sebastian Nordhoff
  • 10. Word class systems between flexibility and rigidity : an integrative approach / Walter Bisang.