Overview

Parts of Speech are a central aspect of linguistic theory and analysis. Though a long-established tradition in Western linguistics and philosophy has assumed the validity of Parts of Speech in the study of language, there are still many questions left unanswered. For example, should Parts of Speech be treated as descriptive tools or are they to be considered universal constructs? Is it possible to come up with cross-linguistically valid formal categories, or are categories of language structure ultimately language-specific? Should they be defined semantically, syntactically, or otherwise? Do non-Indo-European languages reveal novel aspects of categorical assignment? This volume attempts to answer these and other fundamental questions for linguistic theory and its methodology by offering a range of contributions that spans diverse theoretical persuasions and contributes to our understanding of Parts of Speech with analyses of new data sets. These articles were originally published in Studies in Language 32:3 (2008).

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Author:   Umberto Ansaldo (University of Hong Kong) ,  Jan Don (University of Amsterdam) ,  Roland Pfau (University of Amsterdam)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   25
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9789027222558

ISBN 10:   902722255
Pages:   291
Publication Date:   15 September 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Parts-of-Speech: Particulars, universals and theoretical constructs (by Ansaldo, Umberto); 2. Word classes in sign languages: Criteria and classifications (by Schwager, Waldemar); 3. Roots, stems and word classes (by Lehmann, Christian); 4. Precategoriality and syntax-based parts of speech: The case of Late Archaic Chinese (by Bisang, Walter); 5. Covert word classes: Seeking your own syntax in Tukang Besi (by Donohue, Mark); 6. Pragmatic factors in the development of a switch-adjective language: A case study of the Miyako-Hirara dialect of Ryukyuan (by Koloskova, Yulia); 7. The acquisition of syntactic categories in Jakarta Indonesian (by Gil, David); 8. Possible phonological cues in categorial acquisition: Evidence from adult categorization (by Don, Jan); 9. Lexical semantic constraints on noun roots and noun borrowability (by Nichols, Lynn); 10. Degree words, intensification, and word class distinctions in romance languages (by Salazar-Garcia, Ventura); 11. On flexible and rigid nouns (by Rijkhoff, Jan); 12. Parts of speech and dependent clauses in Functional Discourse Grammar (by Hengeveld, Kees); 13. Languag index; 14. Subject index

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