Overview

This volume addresses two central questions: what is the nature of the categories that underlie the structure of human language and what is the nature of extralinguistic categories that are reflected in language? These questions are addressed from the perspective of a variety of disciplines, using many different methodologies and focusing on many different aspects of language including morphology, syntax, semantics, phonology and discourse. The volume is divided into three sections: prototype effects in language, categorization processes, and cross-linguistic categorization.

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Author:   Roberta Corrigan (University of Wisconsin) ,  Fred Eckman (Milwaukee) ,  Michael Noonan (Milwaukee) ,  Michael Noonan (all of the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee, USA)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   61
Weight:   0.765kg
ISBN:  

9789027235589

ISBN 10:   9027235589
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   01 January 1989
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. Introduction: Linguistic and non-linguistic categorization: Structure and process (by Corrigan, Roberta); 3. I. Prototype effects in language; 4. A lexical model of color space (by Archibald, John); 5. Preliminaries to a theory of phonological substance: The substance of sonority (by Nathan, Geoffrey S.); 6. Categorizing phonological segments: The inadequacy of the sonority hierarchy (by Malsch, Derry L.); 7. Experimental evidence for syllable-internal structure (by Dow, M.); 8. Phonological categories and constituents (by Iverson, Gregory); 9. Are thematic relations discrete? (by Rozwadowska, Bozena); 10. Category restrictions in markedness relations (by Gundel, Jeanette K.); 11. The acquisition of the past participle: Discourse-based vs form-based categories (by Moder, Carol Lynn); 12. II. Categorization processes; 13. Category learning in a connectionist model: Learning to decline the German definite article (by Taraban, R.); 14. Competition and lexical categorization (by MacWhinney, Brian); 15. III. Cross-linguistic categorization; 16. A discourse approach to the cross-linguistic category 'Adjective' (by Thompson, S.); 17. Pronominality: A noun-pronoun continuum (by Sugamoto, Nobuko); 18. On Humboldt on the Dual (by Plank, Frans); 19. Index of names; 20. Language Index; 21. Subject Index

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