Between Grammar and Lexicon (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027236895 ISBN 13: 9789027236890

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2000

Synopsis

This volume has its origins in a theme session entitled: “Lexical and Grammatical Classification: Same or Different?” from the Fifth International Cognitive Linguistics Conference. It includes theme session presentations, additional papers from that conference, and several invited contributions. All the articles explore the relationship between lexical and grammatical categories, both illustrating the close interaction, as well as questioning the strict dichotomy, between them. This volume promotes a holistic view of classification reflecting functional, cognitive, communication, and sign-oriented approaches to language which have been applied to both the grammar and the lexicon.
The volume is divided into two parts. Part I, Number and Gender Systems Across Languages, is further subdivided into three sections: (1) Noun Classification; (2) Number Systems; and (3) Gender Systems. Part II, Verb Systems and Parts of Speech Across Languages, is divided into two sections: (1) Tense and Aspect and (2) Parts of Speech. The analyses represent a diverse range of languages and language families: Bantu (Swahili), Guaykuruan (Pilagá), Indo-European (English, Russian, Polish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Spanish) and Semitic (Hebrew).

About this edition

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 9027236895
• ISBN 13: 9789027236890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 397
• Editor: Contini-Morava Ellen, Tobin Yishai